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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



OF 



FOUNDERS' WEEK 

225th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY 
OF PHILADELPHIA 

HON. JOHN E REYBURN, Chairman 
GEORGE W. B. HICKS, Secretary 



George W. Boyd 

Martin G. Brumbaugh 

Edward Buchholz 

Frank H. Caven 

Henry Clay 

Morns L Clothier 

Charles E. Connell 

John P. Connelly 

John Converse 

George B. Davis 

Col. James Elverson, Jr. 

Bernhard Ernst 

Charles A. Gilliiigham 
Henry S. Grove 
Frank Hardart 
C. C. Harrison 
1. Minis Hays 
James M. Hazlett 
William Henry Holmes 
Morns Jastrow, Jr. 
John VV. Jordan 
George W. Kncker 
Frank D, LaLanne 
Edwin O. Lewis 
J. R. C. McAllister 



George McCurdy 
William J. MiUigan 
Thomas L. Montgomery 
Col. Edward Morrell 
Thomas J. Morton 
Thomas T. Nelson 
Edward W. Patton 
Harry C. Raiisley 
Morris Rosenberg 
R. H. Riishton 
Thomas J. Ryan 
Charles Seger 
W. S. P. Shields 
John H. Stokley 
E. T. Siotesbury 
Hon. Edwin S. Sluart 
Walter T. Sykes 
John Thomson 
Harry J- Trainer 
Ale.\. Van Rensselaer 
Hon. John Wanamaker 
Barclay H. Warburton 
John W. Whitaker 
Clarence Wolf 
George \V Zane 



()1"FICI.\I. II ISKiUKAI. S()r\i:.\II< 

riic (.'iiniinissidn named l>_\' ihc .Maxnr lor llii> ])Ui"|iiisc was 
cciiii])t)sccl (il the idlliiw iiii; citizens: 

THOMAS LYNCH MONTGOMERY 

1 .ilirariaii, Suile 1-ilirary, llarri>l)urj4" 
JOHN W. JORDAN, LL.D. 

I. ilirariaii, Histurical SocietN ni 1 'ciinsyK aiiia 

GEORGE W. B. HICKS 

Statist iciaii !■ i tlu- M ayur 

JOHN THOMSON 

Librarian. J Ik- i'rcc Lil)rar\ ul I'liiladelpliia 

MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH, Ph.D., LL.D. 

.'^u]K'riiiU-iiilfni I if Sclionls, I'hiladeliiliia 

MORRIS JASTROW, Jr., Ph.D. 

l.iljrariaii, L'ni\crsity of Pennsylvania 
I. MINIS HAYS, M.D. 

l.ilirarian. American I 'liilosophical Society 
GEORGE M. ABBOT 

l.ilirarian, Lihrar}' L'nmpanx- of riiiladelpliia 
JOHN ASHHURST 

Assistant Lilirari.aii, Tlu- I'ree Library ul 1 'liilailcl|)liia 
WILLIAM J. MILLIGAN 

thief (,'lerk of .^clecl C'onncil, 1 'hiladelphia 

This C'dniniission lici^an its sessions (in I )ecenilKT idlli, 
mcetini;' in the r<iiinis dl' tlie Ilisturical Society dl' l'enns\l- 
vania. Tliirteenlh and Lociist Streets. .Kssociated with the 
menihei's at several (d the nieetinn^s was lurnier ( i(i\ei"n(ir 
.^^anuiel W . i'einiyiiacker. The suh-ccininiittee, coiisistini^" of 
Mr. |nhn W . Jnrchni. Dr. .\hirliii ( i. Ihainihani^h and .Mr. ( 1. 
W . I'>. I licks, cdnchicted a thurim.nii search id many original 
recdfds in possession id' the cit_\', of (irii^inal ductnnents in the 
ollice of the Secretary of Internal .Mfairs, I larrishurj;", and of 
many papers and docnmenls in ]iossc'ssion (d the several his- 
torical societies and libraries. In the orit^inal pajiers liled .it 
I larrishurn' were found a mimher siL;ned and sealed hy William 
iV'im wlu'rein he idliciallx' referred to the city of I'hiladclidiia 
in H>N_V 

lO 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PIIILAnELPII lA 

As a result of the Commission's work tliere was pre- 
sented to the Mayor on January 15, 1908, a lengthy report 
embodying' all the facts ascertained by the Commission. In 
this report the Conuiiission stated that it had discovered proof 
that the vear 1683 was the correct year of the founding of the 
city. It also presented evidence that in the same year there 
was a Seal of rhiladel[)hia, together with a totally different 
Seal of Philadel])hia County, bearing the same date, and the 
Provincial Seal of William Penn, also of the same year. The 
report of the Commission stated that as there was a se])arate 
Seal for Philadelphia, independent of the County Seal and 
that both were indepentlent of the Seal of the Province, it 
indicated that there was a separate go\-ernment for Philadel- 
])hia in 16S3. The Commission also quoted in its report a 
letter of Penn to the Free Society of Traders, published in 
London in 1(383, and dated at Philadelphia the "i6th of the 
Sixth Moneth call'd August, 1683." If was in this letter thai 
William Penn wrote: 

"Philadelphia, the Expectation of those that are con- 
cerned in this province, is at last laid out to the great Content 
of those here, that are any wayes Interested therein." 

Further proof that Penn, the Founder, recognized the 
city of Philadelphia as early as 1683 was shown in that same 
year in a sale of lots within the city. The Commission foimd 
many records dated as early as April 2S, 1683, directing the 
Surveyor-General to lay out lots in the city. 

So important did the Conmiission consider these dis- 
coveries that in its report to the Mayor it recommended that 
a proper celebration should be made of the two hundred and 
twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the city. In addi- 
tion, the Commission recommended to the Ala}'or that the 
figures, 1701, appearing on the Seal of the city, should be 
removed therefrom. 

II 



OFI-MCIAI. II ISI'ORICAI. S()r\'l"..\ I U 



( )n l'\-)ini;ii-y (i. HjoS, tln' Maynr ti-;iiisniillc(l id ('il\ 
C'duncils a nicssai^X', accDUipanird 1)_\ ihr rc'iiorl nf the (Uni- 
missioii. and iiii^cd that siiital>k- rccoi^nitidii lie made of the 
anniversary, and also tliat tlie reconiniendaticjn of tlie ("om- 
niission to remove Irom the City Seal the liL^ures, 1701. he 
ai)|)r<i\'ed. ("it_\' Councils not only a])])i"o\ed of the recom- 
nuMidatiiiiis made. Init iminediati.'l\' a(loi)tt'd a res(dution pro- 
\i(Hn.i;' for the ap])ointment of a joint Special Committee to 
cooperate with the Max'or, and a Citizens' Committee to he 
a])i)ointed h\ hnn "to i)rovide for a proper celehration of ilu' 
Two-lnmdred and Twentydilth Anniversar\ of the h'onndin.^' 
of the Cit}." The week of Octoher 4-10 was suhscqucntlv 
fixed upon as the date of the aimiversary exercises and from 
that time the \arious committees of Councils and citizens 
have worked tos^cther to make the celehration a meniorahle 
one in the annals of "the City founded hy William I'emi." 

To his Honor. John E. Iveyhurn. Mayor of i'hi]adel])hia. 
who from the \-ery hei^'inning' earnestly assisted in ;dl the ])rep- 
aralious for the anniversary exercises: to Air. ( i. \\ . li. llicks. 
Secretar\- of the Citizens" Executive Committee, who has acted in the 
ca])acitv of Director-Cieneral for the celebration: to the members of 
tlie Executive Committee, including- the orig'inal Commission to 
ascertain the date of the founding" of the city: to the mem- 
bers of the Joint .Special Committee ol Councils: to the 
chairmen of the se\eral connnittees in charge ol each da\''s 
celebration: to the ne\vspai)er i)ress ol l'hiladel])hia, ;ind to 
the i)uhlic-s])irited citizens who have i^ix'en lar^e contrilmtions 
to di'fr.ax' the incidental e.\])enses. credit and ])raise are din' 
fur llu' manner in which all the ])reliminary details lor the 
celebration have been orii^inated .and m;ilitred. 

This .\mii\ersarv Celebr.atiou is to be interesting;" not 
(luK' to the ])t'o])lf (if I'hiladelphia but to the outside world 
llow well the committees have succeeded in their m;iniliild 
duties will be shown during;- the seven d.ays o| the lesti\ities. 

W . W . M. 



Si;i'ri:.\ii!i:K 1 t. hjoS 



12 



CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER page 

The Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth Annix'ersary of 
THE Founding of the Government of Philadelphia i\\ 
William Penn, 1683 9 

PROGRAMME 

Exercises Cijnickixg tiii: Week of October 4-10, lyoS . 17 

CHAPTER FIRST 

Brief Hisr(]in' nv the E.\rlv Settlement of the Site of 
Philadeli'hlv ri) riii-: TimI'-. of the Arrival cif William 

Penn .33 

CHAPTER SECOND 

William Penn's First \'isit to thls Country, Followed 
Shortly Afterwards liv Imiuxding the City of Phila- 
delphia ^7 

CHAPTER THIRD 

First Charter of Philadelphia Issued in 1691, Eight 
Years after Penn had Laid Out his City and Founded 
A City Government 45 

CHAPTER FOURTH 

First H.vlf Centukv of the City of Philadelphi.v Wit- 
nessed A Rapid Diaicldpment in the Practical Arts 
.\ND IN Tin-; Adn'.wcemicnt (ii- Sciicnce 61 

CHAPTER FIFTH 

Benjamin Franki.i.n's Influence, Prior to and .After 
the Revoli'tion, L'pon the Development of the Ciiv 

Founded p.v Pexn ^'l' 

13 



(11 \l''n:K SIXTH |.A,;i.: 

Uic\'iK\\ 111- I1II-; ('ii<i:.\i llisKiKic F.\i-:n'i's wiiicii ii.wi-: 
Madk rnii.ADicLi'iiiA I'iii'. Lkadlic oi' Iji!Kin\- and llll'; 
I'lKTHi'i.AcK OI- THI-: Nation yj^ 

li!.\i''I'I';r s1':\1':.\"th 

iMiviKiAxr I-AKNTs oi' Till-: X I .N i; TiciiN r 1 1 Ci-:nti-kv wiucii 
.Madi-: I'iiii.adici.i'ii ia iiii-; Li:ai>inc, Amicuican C'riv in •iiii-; 

rNIIKI) StAI'KS (j_^ 

CnAI'TER KTCTTTII 

I'll il.Alii;i.l'll I A AND ITS 1 llNDUIlDS n|- I'olNI'S OI' IIlSroUK- 

Intkkkst Till". MixcA OI' Toruisi's anh I 'i.i;Asrui:-si:i-:Ki'.KS 
I'uoM All 1'auts of tiii'. World iii 

fllAITF.R XIXTII 

I'lIILADin.l'IllA. AS A M ANll'AC riKixi; L'\'\'\. TlUXS ( )lT 
ANNIIALLV from ITS FAt'ToUl l-'.S I'UODl'C'TS W'oRIII ( )\ MR 

Six MiNDRKD .Million Dollars 139 

ClIAl'I'l'LK T1-:XTH 

I'll ii.ADKLi'iiiA Boasts of Stpkrii I\ail\\an- and Sii:a.m- 
siiii' SiiRX'HF AND A Local Svsti-:m oi' 'I'ransi'ortatiox 

SkCOND To X'oXL IX TUIC Col'XTRV I5I 

fllAI'TI'-R KLE\'E\TJI 

I'lllLADKLI'IIlA FiXAXCIAI. 1 XS ITI'l'I'IOXS IIWI'. AlAVAVS 

HAD A Trkmlxdoi's Ln I'l.i 'i-'.xi I'. IX IIII-; Moxi'/i \io Aii-airs 

o|- iiil: CorxTRV \C\\ 

fllAI'Tl'-.R TWi'I.I-TH 

l'.Rli:i' C'llROXOI.OIlK Al. lIlSI'ORV OI' Till', C'llA OI' I'llll.A- 

Di'.i.riiiA I'RoM rill-; I".arlii;si' Ri'.iords to Tiir; I 'Rhisicxr 
Li;xirR\ iTw) 

C()M.MITTl':i':S WIIICII ARRAXCI'.i) TIIF CI'.l.i'.l'.R ATlOX 
Com M i-ni;i-;s Comrosld oi- ('\\\ Offktai.s and Citizicns 

WHO I'LANiXKI) AND CARRIh'.D INTO [-".X I'.C'I ' IK LV IIII-'. AxNI- 

\'i:usAUv Cklkiskation 183 

14 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 

William Penn in Suit uf Armor Frontispiece 

Mayor John E. Reybtirn 6 

Portraits — Clarence Wolf — E. T. Stoteslnir\ — Morris Rosenberg — Hon. 1 k-nrv 

Clay— J. R. C. McAllister— William Henry Holmes— C. C. Harrison...'. i8 
Portraits — Dr. Martin G. Brunibaugli — Dr. 1. Minis Hays — Dr. John W. 
Jordan — George W. B. Hicks — Thomas L. Montgomery — John Thomson 

— William J. Milligan 20 

Portraits — Barclay 11. Warburton — W. S. P. Shields — Morris Clothier — Hon. 
John Wanamaker — Alexander Van Rensselaer — Richard H. Rushton — 

Henry S. Grove 22 

Portrait — Charles B. Hall j.? 

Portraits — Charles Seger — Edward W. Patton — George McCurdy — Thomas 

J. Ryan — James M. Hazlett — Eduard Buchholz — Thomas J. Morton 24 
Portraits — Col. James Elverson, Jr. — Gen. Edward Morrell — Frank D. 
LaLanne — Hon. Edwin S. Stuart — George W. Zane — Harry C. Ransley — 

Harry J. Trainer 26 

Portraits — Frank H. Caven — John P. Connelly — John H. Converse — George 

W. Boyd— John H. Stokley— Walter T. Sykes— John W. Whitaker.... 28 
Portraits — George W. Kuckcr — Frank Hardart — Dr. Morris Jastrow, Jr. — 
Edward James Cattcll — Edwin O. Lewis — ThAmas T. Nelson — Charles 

E. Connell — Charles A. Gillingham — George B. Davis — Bernhard Ernst 30 

Swedish Lutheran Church at Wieacao, 1677-1699 32 

Penn's Treaty With the Indians 35 

The "Welcome" 30 

Dock Creek and Drawbridge, Northwest Corner Front and Dock Streets 42 

Fairnian's Mansion and Treaty Tree 44 

Penn's Cottage in Latitia Street 47 

Fac simile of Charter of Philadel])lii:i, March 20, i6qi 49 

Landing of William Penn at Dock Creek 57 

The First Paper Mill in America 59 

I he First Printing Press in America 61 

Rapid Transit, Philadelphia to Lancaster and Pittsburgh 62 

The "Flying Macliine" on its Way to New York in 1776 63 

The First Steamlioat in the World 65 

The Liberty Bell 67 

Portrait — Benjamin Franklin 68 

Signing the Declaration of Independence 70 

The First American "Tea-Party" 74 

Captain Ayers and the "Polly" 75 

The Departure of the "Polly" 76 

Carpenters' Hall 81 

"Cliveden," The Chew House, Germantown 84 

Mrst LTnited States Mint 88 

Coinage Department of First United States Mint 89 

Old Vault in First United States Mint 90 

Arches in Basement of Old Mint 91 

Schuylkill Water Works 92 

Prison and Market Shambles 9^ 

The Fire Boat "Edwin S. Stuart" 101 

Philadelphia Police and Fire Stations 102 

IS 



I'AGE 

I'hc (iri'.-il I'lnvnc I louse, 1707-17.^5 loj 

The Centennial Exhibition Cirounds 106 

Centre S(|nare Water Works 107 

I'hilailelpliia Filtration I'lant at Torresdalc 108-109 

Pennsylvania Railroad Station 112 

Real Kstate Trust Co. Building 1 14 

The Site of the City Hall 115 

First City Hall, Philadelphia. 1683 to 1707 117 

Second City Hall. Philadelphia, 1707 to 1735 118 

Third City Hall. Philadelphia, 173.S to 1894 119 

Fourth and Present City 1 lall, from 1894 120 

Early View of the I'alls of Schuylkill 123 

Scenes in Fairniount Park 126 

Magnilicent River Drive — Statue of Grant — Memorial Hall — Zoological 
(iarden I'jitrance — Horticultural Hall — River Drive Tunnel 

New and Old Government I'.uildin.gs in Philadelphia 128 

L'nited States Mint— Old Ciiited States Mint— Post Office Building- 
Ctistoni House 

Plnladelphia InstitiUions of Art ;iiul Science 130 

Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial .-Xrt — Academy of the 
Natural Sciences — Philadelphia Commercial Museums — Pennsylvania 
Historical Society — Pennsylvania .\c.ideniy of the l'"ine Arts 

Philadelphia Institutions of Learning 132 

University of Pennsylvania (College Hall) — Girls' Normal School — 
Northeast Manual Training School — Drexel Institute — Central High 
School — Girard College (Main Building) 

I'airmount Park and City Statuary I3.i 

Washington Monument — Lincoln Monument — Stephen Girard — Benja- 
min Fr.inklin — William McKinley — John Christian Bullitt 

.\l.irket Street, Looking West from Tenth Street 136 

Philadelphia Church Buildings 1,38 

I'riends' Meeting House — The Advocate (Episcopal) — Keneseth Israel — 
.'\rch Street M. E. Church— Grace Baptist Temple— Cathedral of SS. 
Peter and Paul — Bethany Presbyterian Cliurch 

Phil.iilelphia Library Buildings 140 

Ridgeway Branch, F'ree Library — Mercantile Lilirary — II. Josei)hine 
Widener Branch. Free Library — Spring Garden P.r.iiuii. hVee Library 

Philadelphia Societies and .Associations 142 

Masonic Temple — Young Men's Christian Association — Odd l'\llnws' 
Temple — Pennsylvania Railroad Branch V. M. C. A. 

Philadelphia Bourse 144 

"Old Ironsides" 14.^ 

Pliiladelphia Hotels 148 

The Majestic — 'The .Mdine — Bingham House — Bellevue-Stratford — I lotel 
Walton — The Continental 

I ail-piece. View cjf Manufacturing liuildings 149 

Philadelphia I lospital Buildings 150 

Methodist ICpiscopal — St. Agnes — German — 1 lahnein.inn — Medico- 
Chirurgical — Pennsylvania 

Bird's- Eye View of the City of Philadelphia 152 

Old I'reight Station. Thirteenth and Market Streets 154 

1 lorse Car of Fifty ^'ears .Ago 157 

Section of Market Street Elevated Road 157 

Views of Elevated Road and Subway 160 

Stephen (iirard's Bank 162 

Portrait — Robert Morris 164 

The I landsomest Banking 1 louse in the Country i()8 

Pioneer Clearing and Log Cabin 1 70 

Part of the State 1 louse Yard 174 

Old London Coffee House 178 

Second and Market Streets, 1799 182 

Tower of City I lall. Showing Rodf of I'.uilding 184 

16 



OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 

RELIGIOUS DAY 

Sunday, October 4, iqo8 

6.00 A. M. Formal opening of the Celebration by the ring- 
ing of Independence Hall bell in unison with 
all the church beils and chimes in the city. 
10.00 A. M. Official Municipal Service in Gloria Dei (Old 
Swedes) Church. To be attended by the 
Mayor, City Officials, Presidents of Select and 
Common Councils, and members of the 
Founders' Week Executive Committee, to- 
gether with the City's invited guests. 
Military Observance — Christ Church, Second 

Street above Market. 
Grand Army Observance — St. George's Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, Fourth Street above 
Vine. 
Fraternal Organizations — various Churches of 
their own selection. 
10.30 A. M. Special services — St. Joseph's Roman Catholic 
Church, Fourth Street and Willing's Alley. 
Special commemorative services in Churches of 
all denominations. 
2.45 P. M. Sunday-school children throughout the city will 
sing simultaneously: "My Country, 'Tis of 
Thee." 
3.00 P. M. Knights of Columbus unveil Tablet at St. 
Joseph's Church. 
Various Church organizations will hold special 
services in all institutions. 
4.30 P. M. Open-air services in Washington, Rittenhouse, 
Norris, Franklin and Logan Squares, and at 
Strawberry Mansion, to be addressed by lead- 
ing clergymen and ministers of all denomina- 
tions. 
Monster open-air service, with augmented 
choir, in front of Memorial Hall, West Fair- 
mount Park. 
8.00 P. M. Special services and sermons in all the Churches. 
Special services in Germantown Churches to 
commemorate the founding of Germantown. 

17 






1— Clarence Wolf 
5— J. R. C. McAllister 



2 — E. T. Stotesbury 3 — Morris Rosenberg 

4 — Hon. Henry Clay 

6 — William Henry Holmes 7 — C. C. Harrison 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



CIVIC AND MILITARY DAY 

Monday, October 5, 1908 — Morning 



Sunrise Salute to the City by the guns of thirteen 

United States war vessels and foreign war 
vessels in the Delaware and at the Philadel- 
phia Navy Yard. 

8.30 A. M. Proclamation by Eight Mounted Heralds at 
four entrances of the City Hall. 

g.oo A. M. Striking of first impression of new City Seal, in 
effect this day, by Mayor Reyburn, in the 
presence of City officials and the City's invited 
guests — Mayor's Office. 

g.30 A. M. Reception by the Mayor to the City's invited 
guests — Mayor's Office., 

10.00 A. M. Unveiling of two Bronze Tablets, replacing two 
Wooden Tablets, on the old City Hall and old 
Congress Hall, Sixth and Chestnut Streets, 
by the Pennsylvania Society Daughters of the 
Revolution. 

11.00 A. M. Unveiling Tablet in City Hall Courtyard by the 
Pennsylvania Society of the Order of the 
Founders and Patriots of America, to com- 
memorate the camp of Comte de Rochambeau, 
Commander-in-Chief of the French Army in 
America, with six thousand patriots in Sep- 
tember, 1781, while on their way to the final 
battle of the Revolution at Yorktown, where 
they assisted Washington in capturing Corn- 
wallis. 

Noon Luncheon to City's invited guests. 





19 




I — Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh 2 — Dr. I. Minis Hays 

4— George W. B. Hicks 
5 — Thomas L. Montgomery 6 — John Thomson 



3 — Dr. John W. Jordan 
7_William J. Milligan 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 




CIVIC AND MILITARY DAY continued 

Monday, October 5, igo8 — Afternoon 

1. 00 P. M. Mobilization and parade of 25,000 United 
States soldiers, sailors and marines ; Pennsyl- 
vania Division of the National Guard; sailors 
and marines from foreign war vessels. Grand 
Army of the Republic, and other military 
bodies. 

5.00 P. M. Organ recitals in leading ^Churches. 

7.00 P. M. Reception, Horticultural Hall. 

7.30 P. M. Illumination of the City. 

8.00 P. M. Municipal Celebration, Academy of Music, to 
which the President and Government officials, 
the Governors of the several States and the 
Mayors of the leading American cities, to- 
gether with the representatives of foreign 
Governments, have been invited. Addresses 
by leading men upon the City's history and 
development. 
Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — 
This drama will be the History of Philadel- 
phia, acted. Army and Navy Night. 

Midnight Illuminations extinguished. 





I— Barclay H. Warburton 2— W. S. P. Shields 3— Morris Clothier 

4 — Hon. John Wanamaker 
5 — Alexander VanRensselaer 6 — Richard H. Rushton 7 — Henry S. Grove 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Morning 



10.00 A. M. 



10.00 A. M. 



i.oo P. M. 



7.30 P. M. 
8.00 P. M. 



Midnight 



MUNICIPAL DAY 

Tuesday, October 6, 1908 

Devoted to general business, sightseeing and 
shopping tours. 

Laying of the Corner-stone of the Pastorius 
Monument in Germantown by the United 
German Societies, to commemorate the set- 
tlement of Germantown by Pastorius in 1683. 
Representatives from all States to participate 
in ceremonies, preceded by a street parade. 



Convention, 
Walton. 



Illumination Engineers — Hotel 



Convention of Osteopathic Physicians — Garrick 
Theatre. 

Parade of the Police and Fire Departments of 
Philadelphia ; the State Police ; details from 
Departments of other large cities, and the 
Volunteer Firemen of Philadelphia and Penn- 
sylvania. In this parade the evolution of the 
Police and Fire Departments from early times 
will be shown. 

Illumination of the City. 

German Celebration — Academy of Music. 

Assemblage of 1500 Clergymen of all denomina- 
tions in Friends' Meeting-house, Fifteenth 
and Race Streets, for discussion of William 
Penn as a Statesman and first Champion of 
Religious Liberty. 

Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadel- 
phia" — Franklin Field. Municipal 
Night. 

Illuminations extinguished. 



23 







Charles B. Hall 

Sergeant-at-Arms. Common Council 




I — Charles Seger 

5 — James M. Hazlett 



2 — Edward W. Patton 
4 — Thomas J. Ryan 
6 — Eduard Buchholz 



3 — George McCurdy 
7 — Thomas J. Morton 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



INDUSTRIAL DAY 



Wednesday, October y, 1908 




Morning Devoted to general business, sightseeing and 

shopping tours. 



10.00 A. M. Annual meeting, National Board of Steam Navi- 
gation. 

Meeting of Insurance Men — Philadelphia 
Bourse. 

Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Board of 
Trade. 

1. 00 P. M. Great Industrial Parade, showing the Birth and 
Development of Philadelphia's Industries. 
This will probably be the largest industrial 
parade ever witnessed in the United States. 




5.00 P. M. Organ Recitals in leading Churches. 



7.30 P. M. Illumination of the City. 



8.00 P. M. Parade of Labor Organizations, with descriptive 
floats. 
Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — 
Franklin Field. University Night. 

Midnight Illuminations extinguished. 




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I — Col. James Elverson. Jr. 2— Gen. Edward Morrell 3 — Frank D. LaLanne 

4— Hon. Edwin S. Stuart 
5— George W. Zane 6— Harry C. Ransley 7— Harry J. Trainer 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



CHILDREN'S AND NAVAL DAY 



Thursdav, October 8, 1908 



Morning Devoted to general business, sightseeing and 

shopping tours. 

9.00 A. M. School children visit historic points of interest. 
At II o'clock assemble at State House (Inde- 
pendence Hall) for exercises. 

9.30 A. M. Medical Convention, with representatives pres- 
ent from all States and foreign countries — 
Walnut Street Theatre. 

1. 00 P. M. Review of United States and foreign war ves- 
sels in Harbor, followed by great River 
Pageant, in which over 500 vessels will par- 
ticipate. 

5.00 P. M. Organ Recitals in leading Churches. 

6.00 P. M. Naval Dinner at the Union League. 

7.30 P. M. Illumination of City. 

8.00 P. M. Parade of 15,000 uniformed members of the 
Order of Red Men, with historical floats. 

Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — 
Franklin Field. 

8.30 P. M. Elaborate Fireworks Display on Delaware 
River opposite Reed Street, Chestnut Street 
and Penn Treaty Park. 

Midnight Illuminations extinguished. 

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1 — Frank H. Caven 
5_John H. Stokley 



2 — John P. Connelly 
4 — George W. Boyd 
6— Walter T. Sykes 



3 — John H. Converse 
7— John W. Whitaker 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Morning 



HISTORICAL DAY 

Friday, October g, 1908 

Devoted to general business, sightseeing and 
shopping tours. 



10.00 A. M. Municipal Congress. Representatives of the 
leading cities to be present — City Hall. 

10.00 A. M. Unveiling of Monument erected by the Italians 
of Philadelphia to the memory of Verdi — 
West Fairmount Park. 




10.30 A. M. Central High School Alumni Reunion, Egyp- 
tian Hall, Wanamaker's. (Site of the original 
Central High School.) 

1. 00 P. M. Historical Pageant. Descriptive of the history 
of Philadelphia from the time of the first 
Swedish and Dutch settlements to the present 
time. About 40 floats and 5000 characters will 
be shown in the demonstration. This pageant 
will be the first of its kind presented in any 
American city and will be on a much larger 
scale than any ever produced in England or 
Continental Europe. This parade will be the 
climax of the Founders' Week Celebration. 

7.30 P. M. Illumination of the City. 

8.00 P. M. Monster Parade, with numerous historical floats, 
by the Patriotic Order Sons of America. 

Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — 
Franklin Field. 

Midnight Illuminations extinguished. 





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I — George W. Kucker 
2 — Frank Hardart 
3 — Dr. Morris Jastrow, Jr. 
4 — Edward James Cattell 
5 — Edwin O. Lewis 



6 — Thomas T. Nelson 
7 — Charles E. Connell 
8 — Charles A. Gillingham 
9 — George B. Davis 
10 — Bernhard Ernst 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

ATHLETIC AND KNIGHTS 
TEMPLAR DAY 

Saturday, October lo, igo8 

Morning Devoted to general business, sightseeing and 

shopping tours. 

6 A. M. to Athletic Sports, National Regatta on Schuylkill 
5 P. M. River, International Automobile Races, Foot- 

ball. 

11.30 A. M. Road Drivers' Parade. Horse Racing on the 
Speedway. 

1. 00 P. M. Parade of the Knights Templar of Pennsyl- 
vania and other States on Broad Street. 

2.30 P. M. Knights Templar field exercises at Belmont 
Plateau, West Fairmount Park. 

8.00 P. M. Fireworks Display, West Fairmount Park. 

Musical-Historical Drama, "Philadelphia" — 
Franklin Field. Knights Templar Night. 

10.00 P. M. Parade of Knights Templar to the City Hall. 

II. 15 P. M. Formal closing of Founders' Week Celebration 
by the Knights Templar, who will extinguish 
the illuminations of the City Hall. 




EXHIBITIONS 

During the week there will be numerous exhibitions — his- 
torical, industrial, mechanical and scientific — at many places 
to be announced. Among them will be an extensive historical 
exhibit. North corridor, fourth floor. City Hall; historical ex- 
hibit, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Thirteenth and Locust 
Streets ; exhibit at Masonic Temple ; machinery exhibit, Phila- 
delphia Bourse, and many others. 

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CHAPTER FIRST 

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EARLY 
SETTLEMENT OF THE SITE OF 
PHILADELPHIA TO THE TIME 
OF THE ARRIVAL OF WILLIAM PENN 



YY N the year sixteen hundred and eighty-three, WiUiam Penn, 
if, the founder, made his first visit to the present site of the 
city of Philadelphia. From that year the growth and 
development of this, the third largest city in the United 
States, so far as jxipulation is concerned, and also as a 
manufacturing centre, actually dates. 

Until recently historians have accepted the year 1682 as the 
time of the settlement and founding of Philaclelphia by William Penn. 
To the casual student of the historv of this city that date has also „^., ^ . ^. , 

•^ Philadelphia s 

been accepted without cjuestion as the time from which all reckoning Birth Dates 
should properly begin. To further emphasize that fact, the younger *''*"" ^^*^ 
student of history has invariably looked upon the great celebration in 
Philadelphia in 1882 as the bi-centennial of the founding of the city 
by William Penn. Many histories have also given 1682 as the year 
of the great founder's first visit to his new city. 

The bi-centennial celebration of 1882, obser^•ed upon a grand 
scale by the authorities and citizens of Philadelphia, was intended to 
commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of the first landing of 
William Penn upon the shore of Pennsylvania, and the great cele- 
bration of that year actually began at Chester, Pa. The widely 
known painting of Penn's Treaty with the Indians i)\' Benjamin 
West, the first American painter of note, and which is to be seen in 
Independence Hall to-day, bears an inscription which has also assisted 
in spreading the impression that it was in the year 1682 that William 
Penn did make his treatv with the Indians on tiie site of the city 
he founded. 



OFFICIAL II ISTOKICAI. S<)r\'l-;\IK 

As ex])laine(l in the inlroduclorv cha]iter, recent careful 
research has (IciiKinstrateil to the satisfaction oi ah students llial 
William Penn did not make his lirst visit to liie ])resent site of Phila- 
delphia until early in the year i()S3, and that it was then he gave 
^^^ official birthright to the cit\ and its government. These tacts have 

I'oundins of been corroborated by much documentarv e\idence found in the 
' ^ * '' '" archives of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and in possession of sev- 

eral historical societies. 1 lowever, what has been acce])ted as the most 
convincing proof that it was in i^cS^:; that Penn founded his city is 
found in Penn's own seal of that time. Upon the riband of this seal 
are the words and figures — ^\'I^.T.T.\M . Pfxx . Profkiktoi^ . .\xn . 

GOVKRXOK . PlIll.AUKI.PlIlA . S_:; . 

]t must not be assumed that \\ illiani Penn was the I'lrst settler 
upon the shore of Penns\l\ania, or n])on the present site of Phila- 
deli)hia. Prior to his arrival, there were several attem])ts at coloni- 
zation. As early as 1623, there were efforts made to settle within 
the present borders of Pennsylvania, and particularly at the present 
site of the citv. In that vear, it is i)robable that Captain Kornelis 
jacobus Mev. a Dutchman, did ex])lore not onl\- the bay and river 
but also the site of this city, lie was among the first settlers who 
established a village at (doucester i\nn{ and there 1)uilt I'ort Xassau. 
To this date, man\' points .along the l)e];iware r>a\- .and River trace 
the origin of their names to these early Dutch settlers. (';i])e .M;iy. 
for instruice, be.ars the n.ame of this first settler. 

C'loselv associated with the earl\- history of the founding of 
l'hiladel])hia and the adjacent country .are the Swedes. The date of 
their e.arlv settlements along the Del.aw.are Uiver is 1^)38. .According 
to old maps, the Swedes h.ad m;in\- settlements along the Del.aw.are. 
from Xew Castle. Delaware, laid out b\- them under the name of 
Stockholm, as f.ar as the site of Philadeli)hia. and even beyond. The 
Sweiles, if we mav judge from the number of forts which they built, 
had enemies to fear. These forts, ])ri)bably nothing more than block- 
hou.ses. marked their settlements. One of these forts was erected in 
that section of 1 'hiladel])hia which liore the Indi.an name o| \\ iccacoa, 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



First Known 
Settlement 



meaning "'jjleasant place." This was in the neighljorhood where 
now stands Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Clnn-ch. 

These lands in the southern section of Philadelphia were tlicn 
in i^ossession of the Swedish family of Sven. The commander of 
this first fort was Sven Schiite, to whom reference has always been 
made by historians as the "first proprietor of the site of Philadelphia." 
As to the exact date of this Swedish settlement in this vicinity, facts °" ^'*^ 
are lacking, but it was some time prior to the year 1664. That year 
marked the ending of the Dutch rule and the beginning of the British 
power on the western shore of the Delaware. 

The Swedes, who had been permitted by the Dutch to colonize 
at different p(3ints along the river, lived on friendly terms with the 
Indians. They were a peaceful people, and in the main followed the 
pursuit of agriculture. Their homes, if such they could be called, 
were caves dug along the banks, or on the sides of hills. They \\ere 




Engraved by Banisfcr 



Aflci the lunnluig by Benjamin \\\-<t 

Penn's Treaty With the Indians 

35 



How Penn 



OFFU lAI. HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 

not Ndlunlary colonists. h;i\iii^' hcen exiled to these shores as punish- 
ment tor their tailure to enlist in the arin\- of their countrv. These 
early settlers, after the arrival of the tirst Knglish colonists, soon 
became very friendly anil lixed together as though they were of the 
same country. 

\\illiam Penn's first interest in the new colonies along the 
Delaware shores manifested itself onl\- a few vears prior to his first 
visit. In 1675, Edward Byllinge, a Friend, bought the west ])art of 
Jersey, as New Jersey was then known by the English. Shortly 
Became afterwards the first English colony to settle upon the Byllinge estates 

intereste ^\•ent to Salem Creek and there laid the foundations for the existing 

town of Salem. On Byllinge's death, Penn was made a trustee, and 
in the settling of the estate he possessed himself of much information 
concerning the countr\- and ])articularly the region now known as 
Pennsylvania. These latter lands he subsequently accepted in 1681, 
in lieu of the ])avment of the claims due his father. Sir William Penn. 
who had been a vice-admiral in the Engli.sh navy. 

Prior to Penn's arrival in 1682, a number of ships had arrived 
from England, with many Quakers as passengers. These settled on 
both sides of the Delaware, but the majority located upon the New 
Jersev shore. Some of these Friends who chose the western shore, 
settled at tlie i)resent site n\ Chester and others on the site of Phila- 
delphia. 

The tract of land which Penn accepted as the ecjuivalent for 
the claims due his father was given the name of Pennsylvania iiy 
King Charles II, and it may well be noted here that it is ]irobably 
the <Milv State or Cdunlry in existence which possesses the name of 
its founder. 



36 



CHAPTER SECOND 

WILLIAM PENN'S FIRST VISIT TO 
THIS COUNTRY, FOLLOWED 
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BY FOUNDING 
THE Cirr OF PHILADELPHIA 



r^ FTER coming- into possession of this province of about 

Jj^^ 26,000,000 acres, William Penn was made the proprietary. 

^^^% He was supreme go\-ernor and had the power of making 

^^^^BA laws, with the advice and consent of the freemen, and to 

appoint officers. His willingness to dispose of part of his 

lands at low figures was the cause of the formation of the 

Free Society of Traders, iiarticularlv in London, Ijristol and other 

cities of England, and also tiie organization of a similar societ\- in 

Germany. It was these German pioneers, organized at Frankfort, 

who came over later in 16S3, and settled in that section known as 

Germantown. 

From Penn's letters, written in Fe])ruary, 1683, it is patent that 
he early conceived the building up of a citv, but neither he nor the 
first immigrants had the least idea of the i)resent site. It is evident „ 

'^ ' Penn's First 

that he intended having a site selected as early as 1681, for he had Conception of 
commissioned William Crispin, as Surveyor-general, to accompany ^ ^'^^ 
the first of the new colonists to carry out his intentions. Crispin died 
in England before the departure of the first three shiploads of the 
first settlers, and it was not until June, 1682, that Thomas Holme, his 
successor as Surveyor-general, arrived in the province. 

It is quite probable that Penn's original thoughts were to 
locate his city at Chester, but was deterred in doing- so after ascer- 
taining that such a site was not far enough north from the fortieth 
degree of latitude, which marked the upper boundary of Lord Balti- 
more's domains. 

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Penn's 



OFFIl lAI. II ISTOKICAI. SOl'VKNIR 

'Ilk- tduiKkr liiiiiseif sailed from luiji;-land in Aug-ust, i6Sj, in 
llu- ship II clcoinc. to ])t'rsonally sec to tlic layino^ out of his ])foposed 
city and take ])ossession of the Trovincx' of Pennsylvania as Proprietor 
and Governor. Willi him came a number of Friends. Duriu"- the 
voyaije, sniall-])ii.\ lirokc out and nearly one-third of the ambitious 
Arrival in colonists lost their li\es. ( )n ( )ctober jy, the li^clconic reached New 

the We come (^■;i>.;ti(^. where 1 'enn and his followers were royally received by the 
inhabitanls, niosllx- Swedes. Three days later, Penn proceeded to the 
Swedish settlement of Upland, which he renamed Chester, and where 
he remained for some time. There he convened the first Assembly, 
with Nicholas IMoore, the ])resident of the Free Society of Traders, as 
speaker. On December 7, after the As.sembly had been in .session for 
three days, the tirst laws in the ])rovince of Pennsylvania were 
enacted, including autliorily for establishing cities. 

Ik'fiire seeking another location for a city, Penn consumed the 
remainder of the month of December in going to New \'ork to confer 
with the authorities there, and in visiting Lord P>altimore, on Decem- 
ber K), for a conference relative to boundary lines. 

Farly in the following year, i<')S_:;, Peim, after .several trij)s 
north on the Delaware River, finally decided to locate his new city 
as now situated. Ihe .\sseml)ly at Chester had bv this time recog- 
nized Philadeli)hia County, and John Tost had been a])pointed as 
sheriff. The exact dav and month of Penn's first visit to the site of 
Philadelphia is unknown, hut Irom a careful examination of many 
original documents and records, it is shown that it was following his 
conference with Lord P>altimore regarding boundarv lines. 

.\fter deciding, in the early ])art of l()S_:;, to lav out his city 
fifteen miles north of Chester, the Council of the i*ro\ince of IVnn- 
s\l\ania changed its meeting place from Chester to Philadelphia, and 
here, on March 10, if)S3, Penn is known to have presided o\er that 
bo(l\-. .\t this meeting it is quite likely that the first laws relating 
to the new city were acted ui>on, and it was at this meeting that John 
Tost, who had been previously appointed sheriff of Plnladeli)hia 
Countv, made a re])ort. 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADFXPII lA 

By this time Penn"s Commissioners had ah-eady begun work 
laying out the city according- to Penn's plans. Shortly after the iirst 
settlements had ])ecn made, t(iwn lots were surveyed and sold and in 
a very short time a large numl^er of colonists had started the work 
of building- what was to eventually become the leading city of homes 
in the country. 

\\'illiam Penn was a natural ruler, and his gentleness, tem- 
pered with firmness, made him the idol of his people. It was Penn's 
desire that his i)rovince should be a Christian State on a Quaker ^. . ». 
model. He made it known from the beginning that the only condition State on a 
necessary to hold office or citizenship was Christianity. Although Q"^'^^'" '^"'•e' 
not fortv ^•ears of age when he founded the city, he was gifted with 
the wisdom and experience of one much older, and in many instances, 
Penn, by his humane acts, showed himself far ahead of his time. 




From an original drawing 

The "Welcome" 

Nessel nimn wliicli \\'illi:iiii I'oiin made his first voyage to the Delaware 



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Ol'FIClAL II ISIOKUAI. SOUVKXIR 

A few wnrds aliuut llic early life of ihe fuuiuler will not he 
out of ])lace at this point. He was born at Tower Hill, London, 
October 14. i'i44. and was tbe son of Admiral Sir William I'enn 
and Alargaret jasper. His early education was acquired under slron,<;- 
Puritan influence, and it was during bis boybood tbat he first showed 
bis deep religious feeling and bis love for the doctrine of tbe Society 
of Friends. Much to tbe disappointment of his father, be continued 
to devote himself to tbe study of religion, and after having spent some 
^ . ... time at Oxford, his father sent liim to I'rance to eliminate, if i)ossil)le. 

Early Lite 

of the bis religious tendencies. For a time the change did succeed in alter- 

Founder jj^g. pgiiji's thougbts, and on his return to England, after visiting 

Italy, he served for a brief period upon tbe staff of bis father — then 
great captain commander. Notwithstanding this, he soon again 
showed stronglv his dee]) religiotis feeling, and his letters were 
couched in (le\i)Ut biblical ])hraseolog"y. His father next, in 1666, 
sent him to Ireland to manage an estate in Cork, Init chiefly for the 
purpose of bringing- him once more to views of life not inconsistent 
with Cotirt ])referments. It was while in Ireland, in that year, that 
young Penn had taken part in i|uelling a mutiny, and as a reward, 
there was oiYered to him his father's company of foot, but to this his 
father denun-rcd. The famous portrait of Penn in the suit of armor 
was ])ainted at this ])erio(l. 

Penn, about this time, devoted more thought to religion. In 
September, 1667, while attending a meeting of Quakers in Cork, he 
assisted in ex])elling a soldier who had caused a disturbance. I*^)r 
this, he was, with others, sent to prison, but was quietly released. 
Following this occurrence he imhlicly declared his religion and became 
a minister of the denomination, lie wrote considerably on the sub- 
ject of Quaker doctrines and ])raclices and became one ot tbe Society's 
ablest defenders. He was always active in the work of releasing 
imprisoned Quakers, and attended mimerous Quaker meetings. Pi'im 
on many occasions got himself into trouble through his religion, and 
once was arrested and iin])risonc(l lor not rcmo\ing his hat in conrt. 
He earnestly reqtiested his I'aniil}' not to ])ay his line, ])ut it was ])aid. 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILAUELPHIA 

This occurrence haiipened aljout September, 1670. A year later he 
was again arrested in London for preaching the doctrines of the 
Society and was imprisoned for six months. During his incarcera- 
tion he wrote several works, the most important being "The Great 
Case of Liberty of Conscience," February, 1671. which was a noble 
defense of complete toleration. 

Following his release he traveled through Ilolland and Ger- 
many and founded several Quaker societies, and on his return to 
England, in K')^-', he married Gulielma Springett, the daughter of 
Sir AA'illiam Springett. Until the time Penn began to take an interest 
in his American possessions, he remained active in l)ehalf of the 
Quakers. 

When the time subse(|uently came for Penn to take the lands 
in this countrv, he found no difficultv in finding colonists. His years 
of work among the unfortunate and distressed of all nationalties had 
won for him a following who were only too eager to accompany him 
to anv place. His willingness to share with them hardships and 
privations soon made him their devoted leader, and thus it was when 
he was ready to set sail for his own possessions, he was not lacking 
in followers. 

Thus it was that Penn's scheme of colonizing the new lands 
brought so many nationalities together. It was also in this way that 
the tide of German immigration started, which resulted in the found- 
ing of Germantown by Pastorius in the fall of 16R3. These early 
settlers knew what to exi)ect, for Penn had prepared and distributed 
literature, not exaggerating the facts, but expressing what was to be ^gny 
exi)ected in the new countrv. Among his earlv colonists were crafts- Craftsmen 

1-11 111 -1 Among First 

men of every sort. There were bakers, bricklayers, blacksnutiTs, colonists 
butchers, brewers, carpenters, cabinet makers, clock makers, farmers, 
millers, spinners, weavers, wheelwrights, wagon luiilders, and all 
classes of enthusiastic men. All were anxious and willing to give 
the best that was in them to improve their own condition and make 
for themselves homes in which they and their families could live hap- 
pily and without fear of oppression. 

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Penn's followers were, in the main, representatives of many 
of the better classes. Some of these were fairly well supplied with 
all the comforts of life, while others were in humble circumstances. 
To Penn the question of one's finances did not appeal so much as did 
the fact that the ]ierson was devout, honest and willing- to aid even 
those less fortunate. The c[uestion of nationality or of creed mat- 
tered not with hiuL He made all welcome. This display of brotherly 
love in Penn won for him the enthusiastic support of his [jcople in 
the building of his city. 

Thus was Philadelphia established, and to this day it is the 
pride of all Philadelphians that the same feeling of brotherly love, of 
benevolence, of liberality and of charity have always been known to 
characterize the ])eople who ha\e made Philadelphia their home. At 
the time when Penn made his first visit to the new citv in the early 
spring of 16R3, he came from Chester in an open boat and made his 
landing near Dock Creek, close to the spot u])on which later was 
erected the lUue Anchor Inn. The few inhabitants who had pre- 
ceded Penn, together with the Indians who had witnessed his 
approach, extended to him an enthusiastic welcome. 

It is proper that reference should here be made to the Treaty 
Tree. That Penn had numerous meetings with the Indians and had 
made treaties with them, there is abundant ])roof in his own letters 
to the Free Societv of Traders and also to the Earl of Sunderland in 
I CiS 3, in which he described the methods of the Indians. As to Penn's ^ , „ 

^' Site of the Penn 

original treaty with the Indians, made memorable by Benjamin West's Treaty Tree and 

])ainting, it is based more or less upon tradition. There is much to Monument 

confirm the fact that Penn did make a treaty or treaties with the 

Indians, and also that the place selected was Shackamaxon, where was 

a small village settled bv Friends. (This site is to-day marked by a 

small i)ark containing the Penn Treaty Monument. The Flm Tree 

under which the first treaty ma}' have been made was blown down in 

1810.) 

The first treat v between Penn and the Indians was probably 
nothing more than a conference between the Indians and the new 

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selllLTS for llic ])ur]iu>c' uf making frieii(lslii])s. exchanging cx'idcnccs 
of good will til each dthcr and the bestowal of gifts. 'Pliis is the 
accejitcd helief <if the story uf I'enn's first treaty with the Indians, 
and it is also acce])ted as a fact that there was mi written treat \' made 
at that time. 




Fairman's Mansion and Treaty Tree 

Mansion biiilt i;0J. Taken down 1825. Tree blown down Saturday night, March 3, 1810. .\gc of tree, 

j8j years. (lirth of trunk, 24 feet. 



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CHAPTER THIRD 

FIRST CHARTER OF PHILADELPHIA 
ISSUED IN 1691, EIGHT YEARS AFTER 
PENN HAD LAID OUT HIS CITY 
AND FOUNDED A CITY GOVERNMENT 




ROM the time of its founding by William Penn, in 1683, to 
the ])resent time, the history of the city of Philadelphia can 
well l)e divided into four parts : 

First, Primitive Philadelphia; „ .,,. 

' ^ ' Reasons Why 

Second, The Revolutionary period, showing the lead- Penn Accepted 
ing part the city had in the building of the nation; rovmce 

Third, Philadelphia in the nineteenth century, and 
Fourth, Commercial, Industrial, Financial and Progressive 
Philadelphia of the present age. 

At the time Penn accepted the grant of land — Pennsylvania — 
in lieu of certain claims due his father, he said: 

"1 took charge of the Province for the Lord's 
sake ; to raise a people who shall be a praise in the earth 
for conduct, as well as for civil and religious liberty; 
to afford an asylum to the good and oppressed of every 
nation; to frame a government which mav be an exam- 
ple, and to show men as free and happy as they may be." 

It was in the year 1681 that he made the above declaration. 
That was two years before he first stepped upon the site of the city 
which he proposed should be the haven of refuge. The Philadelphia 
of to-day bears evidence to the realization of his fondest desires. 

In September, 16S1, Penn published a paper in England in 
which he gave the first outline of his plan for the city. In it he 
referred to the width of the streets, which was to be forty feet. In 

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A (joNernmenI 



OFFK lAI. II IsroKUAl. SOrXKX I K 

April, 1682. he issued his lirst frame of ^ovcniiuent, known, as "■The 
Charter of Liberties,"' /(ir llie i'roxince. In it was eslal)hshed his own 
position as j^overnor, and provision was made for the election of a 
Provincial Council and a General Assemhly, to l)e composed of free- 
men of the i)r(nince. 

[•'reemen of the province were delined as tiiose whu were 
inhabitants and i)urchasers of one liimdred acres or more of land of 
the ])rovince: those who ])aid tlieir passas^e, servants and l)on(Imen. 
of the People who were free throut;-]i ser\-ice and who had taken up fiftv acres of 
From the First |.^,^^| ^^^^^ cultivated twenty of it. and others, whetlier Swede, Imuu or 
Dutch, who besides ([ualifying in these respects recognized "the 
Almighty and Eternal God to 1)e the Creator, l']ili'^lder and RuRt of 
the World.'" 

l.ienteiiaul -Governor Markham, l'enn"s cousin, and Thomas 
Ilolme, the first .Sur\c\or-general. wlio preceded Peun to these shores, 
lost no lime in beginning the work of la\iug out a cit\' according to 
Penn"s original plan. The cit\- li\- lliis ])lan extended from the Dela- 
ware to the .Schuylkill, and from Cedar (now South) Street, on the 
south, to \ ine Street on the north. This was l\'im"s original city — 
two miles from east to west and one mile from north to south — and 
contained an area of nearlv two s(|uare miles, or ijSo acre-. 

Sur\'e\or-gi'iHTa] Ilolme, in a de-ci"i])tiou ol this original plan. 



wrote 



"111 the centre of the city is a s(|uare of ten acres; 
at each angle are to be bouses for ])ulibck affairs, as a 
Meeting 1 louse, AssembK- or .State I louse, .Market 
House, .School Mouse, and sexeral other buildings f<ir 
puhlick concerns. There are also in each other jiart oi 
ve cit\' a s(|uare of eight acres to be lor like uses as the 
Moorlields in London, and eight streets besides the 1 ligh 
street that run from front to front, and twenty streets 
besides the I'.road street that run acrt)ss the city from 
side l<> side. All these streets are to l)e fifty feet in 
width." 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHII.ADELPII I A 



of the New 
City 



As to tlie naming of Philadelphia, there have been several 
statements made, but the general belief is that Penn's ac(|uaintance ^^^ Naming 
with the Scriptures and the meaning of the word — brcnherly love — 
suggested it to him as tlie name of his city. According to early 
reports of the Society of l<"riends, the name Philadelphia was used by 
him for the name of the city at the time of his first visit. 

The first General Assembly of Pennsylvania met at Chester, 
in December, 16S2. That same month Penn a])pointed sheriffs for 
the three counties, whose tluty it was to notify the freemen of their 
right to api^ear in the Assembly. 

The Provincial Council was composed of eighteen members 
and the Assembly of fifty-four. The first meeting of the Council was 
at Philadelphia, March 10, 16S3, and was presided over liy Penn. It 




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Penn's Cottage in Laetitia Street 



I'ti'D! an nUl f'lilll 



{CoJiimon/y catted Penn's House or Liftitui s House) 

This house, now standing in West Fairmount Park, was first erected in Lajtitia Court and was 
for a time the home of William Penn. It was the first brick house erected in Philadelphia, the bricks 
being brought from England. It was also the seat of the first city government- 



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OFl-MCIAI. II ISTdUlCAI. S()U\"K\IR 



was prdhahly at this time that the first seal i>t' the citv was adopted. 
\\ here tlic first Council met is not defmitelv known — i)rol)a1)l\' it was 
either in the Blue Anchor Inn or in the Swedes Church. The suc- 
ceeding Council and those for years thereafter met in "Penn's cottat^e" 
in I.ietitia Court. This house, commonly called L;elitia's house, was 
linished earlv in the fall of 16S3, and was for six or seven years the 
scat of the cit\- i;()\-ernment. 

|)uring August, 1684, Penn sailed for England, after twenty 
months of activit\- in hnilding up the new city and visiting different 
parts of Pennsvlvania. During his ahsence he left the management 
of the Province to the Council and to Thomas Lloyd, whom he named 
Acting Governor. Little did he think that it wduld he se\'enteen 
years before he would again return. LIdmI acted as (Governor frmn 
1684 to 1688, when Penn, dissatisfied with the actions of the Council 
and Assemhh', named five Commissioners to act for him and execute 
the laws. The new government \va.s short-lived, however, and, in 
December, ir)S8, after Thomas Llnxd liad refused to act longer as 
President of the Commissioners, he appointed, with Penn's ai)i)ro\-al, 
John Blackwell to serve as Governor. 
g.^^^ ^j Blackwell's career was short, lasting but two years, but mem- 

William Penn orable, becatise, in i68tj, Penn wrote in Llnyd, instructing him to 
Charter School found a school. This was the first institution of its kind in the city 
and was started on Fourth Street below Chestnut, east side. This 
was called the "Quaker School," and ;ifterwards came to be known 
as the William I'enn Charter School. 

Lrom iCmjo to 1693, Thomas Llo\-d .again served as Deputy 
Governor and also as President of the Council. It was during his 
Governorship nf the Province that the city received from William 
Penn its first ch;irter. The original of this charter is ti>-day i)re- 
scr\-ed in the archives of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
llumphre\- Morrev was named and constituted 1)\- Lenn as the lirst 
Mayor of the city, and practically every detail of the city government 
was provided for by Penn in his charter. 

So little is known of this uni(|ue charter that it is herewith 
reproduced in full, as a very import;inl feature of the earl_\- history 



ot the citv government. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 




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Charter of Philadelphia, March 20, 1691 

Fac-simile of the fir.t City Charter for Philadelphia given to the city by William Penn. The original 
is in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 

CHARTER 

Third Month 20th, 1691 

WILLIAM PENN Propriety of the Province of Pen- 
silvania To all to whom these Prsents shall come sends 
Greeting &c. Know ye that at the humble petition of the 
Inhabitants & Settlers of this Town of Philadelphia being 
First some of the first Adventurers & Purchasers within this 

Charter for Province for their incouragement and for the more imediate 

Philadelphia ^ intire Government of the said Town and better regula- 

tion of Trade therein I have by vertue of the Kings Letters 
Patents under the Great Seal of England erected the said 
Town into a Burrough And by these Prsents do erect the 
said Town and Burrough of Philadelphia into a City which 
said City shall extend the Limits & Bounds as it is layd 
out between Delaware and Skoolkill And do hereby 
name and constitute Humphrey Morrey to be the present 
Mayor who shall so continue untill another be chosen 
as is hereinafter directed And I do hereby assign and 
name John Delavall to be the present Recorder to do 
and execute all things which unto the office of Re- 
corder of the City doth or may belong And I do appoint 
David Lloyd to be the present Town Clerk Clerk of ye 
Board and Clerk of the Court & Courts to be holden within 
the said City and Liberties thereof And I do hereby name 
constitute and appoint Samuel Richardson Griffith Owen 
Anthony Morris Robert Ewer John Holmes & ifrancis 
Rawle junr Being the present Justices Citizens and Inhabi- 
tants of the said City to be the present Six Aldermen of 
the said City of Philadelphia And I do also nominate & 
appoint Samuel Carpenter Thomas Budd John Jones John 
Otter Charles Sanders Zechariah Whitpaine John Day 
Philip Richards Alexander Berdsley James ffox Thomas 
Pascall and Philip James to be the present twelve Common 
Councilmen of the said City And I do by these Presents 
for me & my heirs & Successors give grant & declare That 
the said Mayor Recorder Aldermen & Common Council- 
men for the time being and they which hereafter shall be 
Mayor Recorder Aldermen and Common Councilmen within 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

the said City and their Successors for ever hereafter be and 
shall be by vertue of these presents One Body Corporate 
& Polituq in Deed and by the name of Mayor and Com- 
monalty of Philadelphia in the Province of Pensilvania 
And them by the name of Mayor and Commonalty of the 
City of Philadelphia One Body Polituq & Corporate in 
deed & in name I Do for me & my Successors fully create 
constitute and confirm by these Prsents And that by the 
same name of Mayor and Commonalty of the City of Phila- 
delphia they may have perpetual Succession And that they 
and their Successors by the name of Mayor & Commonalty 
of the City of Philadelphia be and at all times hereafter Powers of 
shall be persons able & capable in Law To have gett receive the Corporate 
and possess Lands Tenements Rents Liberties Jurisdic- Authorities 
tions ffranchises & Hereditaments to them & their Succes- 
sors in fee simple or for term of Life Lives years or 
otherwise And also goods chattels & other things of what 
nature kind or quality Soever And also to give grant let 
Set & assign the same Lands Tenements hereditaments 
goods & Chattels and to do and execute all other things 
about the same by the name aforsyd And also that they be 
and shall be forever hereafter persons able & capable in 
Law to Sue and be Sued plead & be impleaded answer and 
be answered unto defend and be defended in all or any 
the Courts & other places and before any Judges Justices 
& other persons whatsoever within the said Province & 
Territorys thereof in all manner of actions suits complaints 
pleas causes & matters whatsoever and of what kind or 
nature soever And that it shall and may be lawful to and 
for the said Maier & Commonalty of the sd City of Phila- 
delphia and their Successors for ever hereafter to have & 
use one Common Seal for the sealing of all businesses 
touching the sd Corporation And the same from time to 
time at their will and pleasure to change or alter And I 
do for me my heirs & Successors give and by these presents 
grant full power and authority unto the Mayor Recorder 
Aldermen & Common Councilmen of the said City of Phila- 
delphia or any three or more of the Aldermen and Six or 
more of the Common Councilmen The Mayor & Recorder 
for the time being or either of them being present on the 
first second day of the week in the Second month yearly 
forever hereafter publickly to meet at a convenient Room 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOL'VKXIR 

or place within the said City to be by them appointed for 
that purpose and then & there nominate elect & chuse (by 
the Ballott) out of the Inhabitants of the said City fit and 
able persons to be in the respective offices & places of 
Mayor Aldermen & Common Councilmen And that such 
person who shall be so elected Mayor as aforesaid shall 
within three daies next after such election take his attesta- 
tion before the Governor of this Province or his deputy for 
the time being for his allegiance to the King & Queen & 
their Successors and lawful obedience to me and my Suc- 
cessors And shall be attested before the Mayor for the 
Courts of tyme being for the due Execucon of their Offices respec- 

Record and tively which promises and attestations the Mayor of the 

Their Power g^j^j ^-^y j^j. ^j^g time being is hereby impowered to take 
and administer accordingly And that the Maior Recorder 
& Aldermen of the sd City for the time being shall be 
Justices of the Peace and Justices of Oyer and Terminer 
and are hereby impowered to act within the sd City & 
liberties thereof accordingly as fully & amply as any Justice 
or Justices of the peace or Oyer & Terminer can or may 
do within the sd Province And that they or any three or 
more of them (whereof the Maior & Recorder of the said 
City for the time being shall be two) shall & may for ever 
hereafter have power & authority by vertue of these pres- 
ents to hear & determine according to the Laws of the 
Province & of the Kingdom of England All maner of pleas 
actions & causes Civil & Criminal whatsoever excepting 
Treason Murder & Manslaughter within the sd City & 
Liberties from time to time arising & happening Reserving 
the Liberty of Appeal according to the King's Letters Pat- 
ents & laws of this Government Hereby also impowering 
them or any three of them (whereof the Mayor & Recorder 
for the time being shall be two) with the Town Clerk to 
hold and keep a Cort of Record quarterly or oftener if they 
see occasion for the Inquiring hearing & determining of the 
pleas aforesaid as also for the hearing & Deciding causes 
in Equity arising in ye sd City And I do by these Prsents 
assign & appoint that the present Mayor Recorder & Alder- 
men hereinbefore named be the present Justice of the Peace 
& Oyer & Terminer within the sd City & Liberties aforesd 
And that it may be lawfull to & for the sd Mayor & Com- 
monalty and their Successors to erect a Gaol or prison & 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

Court house within the sd City And that the Mayor and 
Recorder for the time being shall and by these presents 
have power to take Recognizance of debts there according 
to the Statute of Marchants & of Acton Burnel and to use 
& affix ye sd Common Seal thereunto & to all certificates 
concerning the same And that it may be lawfull to & for 
the Maior of the sd City for the time being forever here- 
after to nominate & from time to time appoint the Clerk of 
the Markett who shall have assise of bread wine Beer wood 
& other things & do execute & perform all things belong- 
ing to the Office of Clerk of the Markett within the sd City 
And I will that the Coroner & Sheriff of the County of 
Philadelphia for the time being Shall be the Coroner & 
Sheriff of the sd City & Liberties thereof But that the ffree- 
men & Inhabitants of the sd City shall from time to time 
as often as occasion be have equall Liberty with the Inhabi- 
tants of the said county to recommend or chuse persons to 
serve in the respective Capacities of Coroner & Sheriffs for 
the said City & County who shall reside within the sd City 
And that the Sheriff of the sd City & County for the time Officers for 
being shall be the Water Bayliff who shall & may execute ^oth City 
«&: perform all things belonging to the Office of the Water ^"'^ County 
Bayliff upon Delaware River & all other navigable Rivers 
& Creeks within this Province And in case the Maior of 
the sd City for the time being shall during the time of his 
Mayoralty misbehave or misgovern in that office I Do 
hereby impower the Recorder Aldermen & Common Coun- 
cilmen or four of the Aldermen and Eight of the Common 
Councilmen of the sd City of Philadelphia for the time 
being to remove such Mayor from his Office of Mayoralty 
and in such case or in case of death of the sd Mayor for 
the time being That then another ffit person shall within 
fouer dales next after such death or removall be chosen in 
maner as is above directed for electing the Maiors in the 
place of him so dead or removed And least there should be 
a failure of Justice or Government in the sd City in such 
Intervall I Do hereby appoint That the oldest Alderman 
for the time being shall take upon him the office of a Maior 
there & shall Exercise the same till another Mayor be 
chosen as aforesd And in case of the Disability of such 
oldest Alderman then the next in Seniority shall take upon 
him the sd office of Maior to exercise the same as aforesaid 

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Councilmen 



oi'l-lllAI. II ISTOkllAI, S()r\I';MU 

And in case the Recorder or any of the Aldermen or Com- 
mon Councilmen or any of the officers of & belonging to 
the said City for the time being shall misbehave him or 
themselves in their respective Offices and places they shall 
be removed and others chosen in their stead in maner fol- 
lowing that is to say The Recorder for the tyme being 
may be removed (for misbehauior) by the Maior and ye 
major part of the Aldermen and Common Councilmen 
respectively and in case of such removal or of the death of 
the Recorder Then to chuse another fit person Skilled in 
Law to be Recorder there and so to continue during pleas- 
ure as aforesd And the Aldermen so misbehaving himself 
may be removed by the Maior Recorder and major part of 
the Aldermen and Common Councilmen And in case of 
such removal or death Then within four dais after to chuse 
a fitt person or persons to supply such vacancys And the 
Common Councilmen Town Clerk Constables Clerk of the 
Markett and other Officers for neglect or misbehauior shall 
Elections of be removed & others chosen as is directed in ye case of 

Mayor and Aldermen And I do also for me and my successors by these 

prsents grant to the said Maior & Commonalty & their 
Successors That if any of the Citizens of the sd City shall 
be hereafter elected nominated & chosen to the office of 
Mayor Aldermen or Common Councilmen as aforesd and 
having notice of his or their sd election shall refuse to 
undertake & exercise that office to which he is so chosen 
That then & so often it Shall and may be lawfull for the 
Maior and Recorder Aldermen & Common Councilmen for 
the time being according to their discretion to impose such 
moderate ffines upon Such refusers so as the Mayors ffines 
exceed not ten pounds The Aldermen five pounds and Com- 
mon Councilmen four pounds and other Officers propor- 
tionately to Be levyed by Distresse & Sale by warrt under 
the Common Seal or by other lawfull waies To the use 
of the sd Corporation And in such cases it shall be lawfull 
to chuse others to supply the defects of such refusers in 
maner as is above direct for Elections And that it shall and 
may be lawfull to and for the Mayor Recorder and one of 
the Aldermen for the time being from time to time so often 
as they shall find occasion to sumon a Common Council 
of the said City And that no Assembly or Meeting of the 
said Citizens shall be deemed and accounted a Common 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

Council unless the said Maior and Recorder and at least 
three of the Aldermen for the time being and fouer of the 
Common Councilmen be present And also that the said 
Mayor Recorder Aldermen & Common Councilmen for the 
time being from time to time at their Common Council shall 
have power to admitt such & so many ffreemen into their 
Corporation & Society as they shall think ffit And to make 
and they may make Ordain Constitute & establish such 
and so many good and reasonable Laws Ordinances & Con- 
stitutions (not repugnant to the Laws of England or of 
this Government) as to the greatest part of them at such 
Comon Councils assembled whereof the Mayor & Recorder 
or in their absence four of the Aldermen for time being to 
be alwaies some shall seem necessary & Convenient for the 
good Government of the said City And the same Laws 
Ordinances Orders & Constitutons so made to be putt in 
use and operation accordingly by the proper Officers of 
the said City And at their pleasure to revoke alter and 
make anew as occasion shall require And also to impose Punishment for 
such mulcts & amerciaments upon the breakers of such Violators of 
Laws & Ordinances as to them in their discretion shall be *''* ^^^ 
thought reasonable To be levyed as above is directed in 
case of {fines to the use of the said Corporation without 
rendring any account thereof to me my heirs & Successors 
with power to the Common Council aforesd to mitigate 
remitt or Release such ffines and mulcts upon the submis- 
sion of the parties And I do further grant to the said Mayor 
and Commonalty of the said City of Philadelphia That they 
and their successors shall and may forever hereafter hold 
& keep within the said City in every week of the year Two 
markett dales The one upon the fourth day of the week and 
the other upon the seventh day of the week in the place 
already appointed or in such other place as they shall think 
convenient And also three ffaires there in every year The 
first of them to begin on the Sixteenth day of the Third 
Month yearly and so to be held in & about the markett 
place and continue for that Sixteenth day & two days next 
following The next to be kept at the Center of the said 
City on the thirtieth & one & one and thirtieth dales of the 
Sixth Month yearly And third of the said ffaires to be held 
in or about the markett place on the Sixteenth seventeenth 
& Eighteenth dales of the Ninth Month yearly Hereby giv- 

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OFFICIAL IIISTOKKAI. SOUNKNIR 

ing and granting That this present Charter or Grant Shall 
in all Courts of Law and Equity be construed and taken 
most favorably and beneficially for the said Corporation 
Given under the Broad Seal of the said Province Witness 
Thomas Lloyd Deputy Governor of the said Province of 
Pensilvania with the advice and assent of the Provincial 
Council at Philadelphia the Twentieth day of the Third 
Month in the third year of the Raign of William and Mary 
King and Queen of England Anoqe Dni One Thousand six 
hundred ninety and one. 

THO: LLOYD 
Depty Govrr. 

Recorded in the Office of Rolls & Publiq 
Registry at Philadelphia the 29th day 
of the third Month 1691. Exd pr. Da. 
Lloyd Deput. 

Patent Book A. 

Place 

where seal 

was 

affixed 

(Endorsed : "Philadelphia City Charter.") 



First Paper 
Mill in 
America 



One of the intereslin^' features of this ])eri()(l and wliich 
pointed to tlie rai)id growth of the new eity was the ereetion of a 
paper-mill. This was the first pai)er-niill in Ameriea and it was 
located on tlie Wissahickon, near (iermantown. Anion^- the llrst 
owners was William Rittenhouse, a name prominent in the earl\- his- 
tory of Philadelphia and perpetuated to this day, and also William 
Bradford. It was at this mill that the ))a])er was made for the 
IVeckly Mcrcitrw the lirst pa])er ])ul)lislie(l in TennsyKania. 

Penn. in l'"n,t;"land. was preparing" to return to IMiiladelphia hut 
w^as detained hy King William, lie had heen several times arrested 
and tried on the ehar^es of treason, .and had his Province t.aken away 
from him. .\t this time (icwernor I'delcher, of the Province <il Xew 

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^ ork, was named as Governor-in-Cliiet of the Provinces of Xew ^'ork 
and Pennsylvania and of the county of New Castle. Penn, in the 
nieaiuinie. tlid not suhniit (juicth' to the injustices meted out to him, 
and was successful, in the close of the year 1693, ''^ heing- acquitted 
of the charo'es against him. ll()we\er. it was not until August, 1694, 
that King William restored him to his rights as Proprietary. It was 
during this same year that Penn's first wife. Gulielma, died. 

From 1695 to 1699, William Markham acted, by Penn's 
appointment, as the Deputy Governor of the Pri)\ince. During that 
jjeridd the citv continued to grow, and it can he noted here that it 
was in 1697 that the first steps for protection against fire were taken 
h\- the Council. The law directed that each householder should 
keep ready a swab at least twelve to fourteen feet long, and also two 
leather buckets, and that the justices should have made six or eight 
good hooks for the ])urpose of tearing down houses in case of fire; 
which thcv were empowered Id do when necessary, without ]ial)ility 
nv damages. 

One of the incidents of the period that IMarkham acted as 
Deputy Governor was the arrival of the famous Captain Kidd, the 
pirate, in Delaware Bay, where he was visited by some of the people, 
thtis giving rise to the report that Penn. himself, favored pirates. 
Later that vear. Kidd was captured in Long Island Sound, sent to 
England and executed in 170 1. 

On September 9, 1699, Penn, accompanied by his second wife, 

whom he married in 1696, and by his daughter Laetitia, .sailed from 

Penn's Return Cowcs, and reached Chester on December i. after a storm v passage. 

to the City .' 

in i6<>6 i he dav he landed he visited Markham and ihen went tn mectmg. 

where he delivered an address. In the month following he moved into 
what was known as ihe ".Slate Roof House." on .Second Slreel. on the 
site of the present Commercial Exchange. It was in this house that 
I'enns son. lohn. the "first .\nierican."' was liorn. 

The ensuing two years witnessed the closing days of I'enn in 
the Province. Many of the laws were amended and new regulations 
for the government of the citv were made. In September of the year 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 




The First Paper Mill in America 

Located on W'issahickon Creek, near Germantown, Among the first owners were W'illiam Ritten- 
liouse and William Bradford. It was here that the paper was made for the H'eekly Mercury, the first 
paper published in Pennsylvania. 



following-, Penn was called back to England on matters of great 
in.iportance and pending his departure he hurried on the work of 
reviewing the laws. On October 28, 1701, he practicallv completed 
his labors when the Charter of Privileges was agreed upon and 
signed. In this charter liberty of conscience was assured to all "who 
shall confess and acknowledge One Almighty God," and "live quietlv 
under the civil government," and also that all who belie\e in Jesus 
Christ should be capable to serve the government. This Charter of 
Privileges paved the way for the incorporation of the citv, and also 
provided for the city to be represented in the Assembl\- ])\- two niem- 

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(II'KICIAI. II ISTOKUAl. SOUX'KMR 

bers. ( )n ( )cli)l)cr _'5, this charter was signed, witli lulward Shippcn 
named as Mayor and Thomas Story named as Recorder. 

Before (k'])artin,i;' for h'ngland. Peim apjiointed Anch'ew Hamil- 
ton as his I,ieiUenant-(iovernor. ( )n Xovenil)er i. 1701. acconi])anied 
by liis wife, liis dangliter L;etilia and his infant son jolm, he sailed in 
the ship Dalniaho}', sending' this ])arting message by his secretary 
to all his friends in the cit\': 

■'("ii\'e mv dear lo\-e to all mv friends, who 1 desire 
ma\' labor to soften angry s])irits and to redtice them to 
a sense of their dnty; and at thy return give a small 
treat, in my name, to the gentlemen of Philadelphia for 
a beginning of a better understanding, for which 1 ])ray 
the Lord to incline their hearts." 

reiiii fullv intended rettUMiing to the Province, but unforeseen 

difficulties prevented him. lie was arrested mid imprisoned as a 

result of a financial transaction he had with his late steward of his 

Irish estates. Penn, who had been imposed upon by the swindling 

^'»*'"K steward, had gi\-en him a conveyance of Pennsvlvania in 1600 for 

Incidents of . ' ' i> i , i ' i i • i ■ 

the Founder's i28oo, and it was upou the steward s death that the latter s heirs 
Life pressed for the nioiiev. Penn was compelled to mortgage his Province 

for £6800 to some friends in order to ])a}- the mone\ and be set free. 
Later, to relieve himself of other financial embarrassments, he agreed 
to sell his proprietary interests in Pennsylvania to the Crown for 
f 12,000, payable in four years. Of this amount he recei\ed £1000 
before the dcL^d was executed. A short time afterwards he was 
stricken witli apoi)lex\- and lingered in a weakened condition until his 
death in Hurkinghanishire, Jiil_\- 30, 1718. The agreement to sell his 
proprietary interests was never carried out and his Pennsylvania lands 
were left to his wife, after the pavment of his debts. 



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CHAPTER FOURTH 

FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE CITY OF 
PHILADELPHIA JFITNESSED A RAPID 
DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRACTICAL ARTS 
AND IN THE ADVANCEMENT 0¥ SCIENCE 




HE first fifty years of Philadelphia's history shows a won- 
derful advancement for the new city, and instead of heing 
known as "Penn's experiment," its growth was watched 
with the keenest interest. As noted in a preceding chapter, 
among Penn's followers were tradesmen, mechanics, and 
workers of all kinds, and it was not surprising^ that the new city pros- 
pered from its \'ery beginning. As a result, Philadelphia took the lead 
as a manufacturing centre from earliest times. Here were cotton-, 
paper- and woolen-mills, brick-yards, ship-yards, and factories of all 
descri]itions, before they were known in any other part of the C(iuntr\-. 




The First Printing Press in America 

Benjamin Franklin, with liis brothers, used this press in Boston, before he came to Philadelphia 

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First American 

Manufacturing 

Centre 



Ol'FICIAI, HISTORICAL SOUVKNIR 



Rapid 

Increase in 
Population 



In less than four \cars I'dllnw ini;' llu- tirsl visit nl" the h'nnnder, 
Philadelphia conld hoast of liavin^- a jirinlinL;- ])r(.'ss, whicli was oper- 
ated hv William Bradford. This is a record of which every Philadel- 
phian may well be proud, es])ccially as it is known that in Massachu- 
setts there was no such instrument of civilization until eighteen years 
after the date of the landing at Plymouth Rock; that in Xew York 
there was none tmtil seventy-three years from the time of its coloniza- 
tion, and in A'irginia, none a])i)eared for more than a hundred years 
following the settlement of Jamestown. 

During the first fiftv years the population increased rapidly 
and had reached about 15,000. The number of houses during 
that period increased to 2500 or 3000. To tell in detail of the develop- 
ment of the city at this period is impossible in the limited s])here of 
this volume; but enough will be given or referred to so that the reader 
will see how progressive were the early inhabitants. During the 
early period of the eighteenth century the city government was well 
established. Edward Shippcn served as the first Mayor under the 
charter of i/Oi, and he was succeeded by other chief magistrates 
whose names to-day are prominently identified with the city's history. 

As Philadelphia is to-day known as having the best-paved 
streets of anv cilv in the world, it is interesting to note that the first 
record of anv foot pavements and crossing stones is found in the 




Rapid Transit, Philadelphia to Lancaster and Pittsburgh 

The first turnpike road in the L'nitecl States was from I'hilnclelphia to Lancaster. Pa., 62 niile^. anil was 
opened in 1794. Tlic first stage route was st.irted in August, 1804. 

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Early Paving 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

Council meeting minutes as early as 1719; and also that at the same 
time some of the inhabitants had voluntarily paved the streets near 
their homes and places of business with pebbles. In the year 1761 
the first general attempt was made to pave streets. Then Second of the 
Street, north of High (now Market), to Race Street, was paved from ^*''^^*^ 
the proceeds of a lottery. In the following year the Council passed 
an act regulating the "pitching, paving and cleansing the highways, 
streets, alleys, lanes, etc., of the settled parts of the city." 

The lottery of 1761, out of the proceeds of which Second 
Street was paved, yielded $7500 for that purpose. One of the 
peculiarities of that first paving was that the largest stones were used 
at the middle or arch of the street. This made the riding the roughest 
where it should have been the easiest. Curbstones did not appear 
until the year 1786, when they were first set on Water Street, from 
High to Arch Streets. For cleansing the streets, the city authorities 
in the early days made use of criminals, who were stationed at different 
places, chained to bombshells. 

Until the year 1782, Philadelphia in the present central part 
was not so level as it is now. The ground was undulating, as it is in 

*' '=" Why the 

the built-up suburban sections. In that year, an Act was passed to city's Centre 
level the city, and although many of the people thought such an '^ ^" ^*^*' 
expense unnecessary, those who urged the improvement well antici- 




Frnni till urigi}ui[ drazcing 

The "Flying Machine" on its Way to New York in 1776 
Two days were required to make tlie trip each way. which was considered very fast time 

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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVKXIR 

pated the fulure needs of the city, as well as securing at once a system 
of drainage. At that time the street about the State House was 
three or four feet higher than now. The site of the i)resent Custom 
House was also (|uite a Iiill. and similar hills were in other nearby 
sections. 

.\^ I'hihulelphia to-day boasts of its railway and steamshij) 
transportation facilities, it can well claim that it was the first of any 
of the American cities to foster these enterprises. In the year 1751, 
less than sexcnty years following the coming of Penn, the tlrst line 
of transportation — b\- water and road — to New York was established. 
First to In that year was operated the Burlington and Bordentown line of 

i^e''e\op boats and stages. In 1756 was started the New York stage, via Perth 

Transportation ",.,,,. , , 

Haciiities Auiboy and Trenton. I he time taken by the trij) was three days. 

In 1765 a second line of stages to New \'ork, running twice a week, 
was inaugurated. Three days were re(|uired in making the trij) each 
wa\- and the fare was two pence per mile. There were no con- 
veniences for passengers in those days, nor were there any springs 
on the coaches to make riding comfortable. Ihat same year a line 
of packets and stages was operated to Baltimore, with service once a 
week. 

In I7()') a third line of stages to New York was started. This 
was known as "The Flying Machine," and was scheduled to make 
the trip from Philadelphia to New ^'ork in two dax-s, w^hich was con- 
sidered remarkably fast time. In the advertisements, one of the 
features of "The Flying Machine" referred to was that the "seats 
are set on springs." The fare was three pence i)er mile or tweiUy 
.shillings for the whole trip. 

In 177,^ the first stage-coaches were run to New ^'ork, making 
the trip in two days. It is quite a coincidence that the fare charged 
for that tri]) was four dollars, or exactly the same fare charged 
to-day for a round trij) in the nKjdern two-hour train service between 
the two cities. 

As to steamboat transportation, it is well to note here that it 
was in 17SS that the waters of the Delaware were traversed by a 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



boat propelled by steam, and that this boat was the first of its kind in 

the history of steam navigation. Although not a Philadelphian by 

birth, John Fitch, the inventor, had resided in the city for some time Philadelphia 

prior to the launch of his original boat. He was born in Connecticut, ^I*"^^/!*! 

' ^ Trial of Firsi 

in 1743, and at an early age went to sea. Later he became a clock- steamboat 
maker, brass-founder and silversmith. During the Revolution he 
was a stitler to the American troops and amassed a good sum of 
money. In 1780 he was appointed Deputy Surveyor for Kentuck}-, 
but returned to Philadel])hia the following" year. Several years later, 




The First Steamboat in the World 

Trial trip of Fitch's steamboat on the Delaware River, .\ugust 22, 17 



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while inakins;' a survey of llic nurtlnvcstcrn rcti'iuns, he conceived ihe 
idea of steam navi.s^ation and then applied to the le.j^islatures of several 
Stales for pecuniarv assistance to jierfect his ideas, hul was unsuc- 
cessful. In ijSf) he succeeded in forniint;- a company, and on July 
26 of the same year he launched his first steam packet upon the 
Delaware. He also secured at the same time exclusive rights in 
steam navigation in Pennsyhania, Xew jersey and Delaware. 

{'"itch's steamboat was equiijped with ])a(ldles. ( )n one of its 
first trips it proceeded as far as Burlington, when the boiler burst. 
Credit of After being floated back to Philadelphia and a new boiler seciu'ed. 

Invention j]j^, i,,,;^^ ;io-ain made the trip to Burlington and further on to Trenton, 

Fitch ;in<l iIk^'ii returned to Philadelphia. Her speed is recorded as about 

eight miles an hour. Through pecuniary ditificulties Fitch did not 
live to perfect his invention and it remained for Robert Fulton, 
between the years 1797 and 1809, to make practical the idea of apply- 
ing steam for the propulsion of vessels. 

Philadelphia can boast not onl_\' of being the home of the first 
steamboat but also as the pioneer city in the IniiMing of ships, just 
as Philadelphia to-day is the largest shipbuilding city in the United 
States and one of the largest in the world. The exact date of the 
building of the first vessels on the Delaware is unknown, but as early 
Shipyards on as 1/23 — forty years following the landing of Penn — slooi)s were 
the Delaware advertised for sale at the Drawbridge, crossing Dock Creek. About 
the same time, and existing t'or many years thereafter, there were 
great shipvards along the river at Race and \'ine Streets. Many 
vessels which were built there were .sold for luigiish and Irish houses 
abroad. About the \ear 1772 a ship or brig was built at Race Street, 
and although it sounds (|ueer to-day, it is stated in early records that 
a vessel was built in Lombard !^treet, east of Second, and conwyed 
on rollers to the ri\er. 

Philadelphia will always be i)roud of her history in education, 
and while ranking to-day as one of the leading educational centres 
of the country, the city enjoys the distinction of dating her school 
facilities as far back as the very year when Penn founded the city 

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225TH ANXIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

government. In i(^)S3 tlie first English school was founded here by 
Enoch Flower, and he planned to teach the reading and writing of 
English and the keeping of accounts. In the year i6S(j, the Friends' 
Public School, Fourth Street below Chestnut, was established. In Schools from 
1750 the Philadelphia Academy and College began, under the •**""* '""'"'« 
exertions and auspices of Benjamin Franklin, in the building originally 
built for W'hitefield's meeting-house. In 1741 it was created a College, 
and in I77<) the University of Pennsylvania. In the chapter devoted 
to Franklin, further reference is made to the University's earlv histor}-. 
Philadelphia has always been well and favorably commented 
upon for the excellence of its schools for young women. It is appro- 
priate to note that in the city directory of 1802 there appears an 
advertisement of the "Young Ladies' Academy, No. q Cherrv Street." 
It w-as advertised as the only incorporated institution for the edu- 
cation of young ladies in the United States. This academy was 
incorporated h^bruarv 2, I7(j2. ;> 




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CHAPTER F IF T H 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S INFLUENCE, 
PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE 
REVOLUTION, UPON THE DEVELOPMENT 
OF THE CITY FOUNDED BY PENN 




HERE are so many interesting features of the early devel- 
opment of Philadelphia that it is impossible in a volume 
of this size to do justice to all. Considerable space has 
been devoted to the work of the Founder, and while all the 
credit must be given to him in fovmding the city along 
liberal and liroad lines, more than passing mention should be accorded 
to Benjamin Franklin, the leading journahst, (li])lomat, statesman 
and philosopher of his time. 

Although not a Philadelphian by birth, this city will never 
forget what he has given to it and to posterity. Within the city's 
confines are lasting monuments to his achievements. He will always Franklin, 
be revered for his ])ul)lications and the fact that he was the first in J""''"^''^* 

statesman 

the countr_\' to revolutionize journalism. He will also be rememliered and 
as the founder of the Philadelphia Library, the Pennsylvania Hospital, P'i"'>«»P'ie'- 
the first general hospital in America, and his name will always be 
honored in educational circles as the founder of the University of 
Pennsylvania, and of the American Philosophical Society, which latter 
institution was the first of its kind in the countrv. 

In strictly numicipal alifairs, Franklin will forever be given 
credit as the originator of the street-paving system, with the result Leader 
that Philadelphia to-dav has probably the best-paved streets of anv '" '^^">' 

■ - ■' Municipal 

city in the world. He was also the organizer of the first fire com- improvements 
pany, and the leader in the movements to establish a police svstem. 
It was he. also, who provided a scheme of defense against attacks on 
the city bv water. 

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J25''"" A.w l\■|■:KSAl•;^' Fur.\i)i.\(. di' ni i i.aihj.I'II ia 

In o-ovcninicnlal .-ilTair^, i-"raiiklin plaiiiie'd ilic lirsl ininciiK'nl 
1(1 unite the Colonies, and nian\- of lii> ick'a:^ were cniliodied in the 
Con^tiluliiiii lit' the I'niled Stales. 1 le carried mi the caini)aii;ii which 
resnhed in the repeal ot' the Staiu]) Act, ;ind he served npnn the 
committee, uf which Jeffer.son was chairman, which framed the 
Declaration of Independence. 1 Ic was mainly instrumental in securini^' 
the treaty uf alliance with h'rance which assured the success ot the 
Kexiilntion, and he further served as a memher ot the I'nniniission 
which made the treat\- uf peace with (ireat r.rilain. And it was 
hranklin whu, in time of ])eace, organized the Postal system o| the 
I'liiled States. 

In scientific matters it will always he renienibered that it was 
Franklin wlm denmnstrated that electricity was an element in li_<;iu- 
nine. He it was who introduced the liyhtninp-rod. and he al.so devised 




/■>'()))i tlu' l^ainting hy 'Vrninhiiil 



Signing the Declaration of Independence 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 

a stove, which bore liis name, wliich made possible the heating of 
buildings and houses at small cost. 

Franklin was born in Boston, January 17, 1706, and was the 
youngest of ten children. At an early age he engaged in business 
with one of his brothers, but when seventeen years old, in October, 
1723, he came to Philadelphia, and it was here that he spent his life 
in the interests of his adopted city and his country. He c^uickly 
secured employment in a printing office, and after many trials and His Arrival 
tribulations, which included his first trip abroad, he bought, in '" Philadelphia 
September, 1729, the Pennsylvania Gazette. This newspaper then 
had ninety subscribers. His work, however, quickly placed him at 
the head of journalism in America, and his paper soon prospered. 
Two years later he established a Circulating Librarv, the first in the 
United States. In 1732 he began publishing Poor Riclianl's . Ihnanac, 
which he continued for twenty-five years. This had an annual sale 
of about 10,000 copies — far in excess of any other publication in the 
Colonies and ecjuivalent to-day to about 500,000 circulation. 

Franklin's first appearance in public life was in 1736, when 
he was elected a Clerk in the General Assembly. Two years later, 
he was elected a member of the Assembly and reelected for ten suc- 
cessive years. In 1737 he was appointed Deputy Postmaster of Phila- 
delphia. It was about this time that he organized the first police ^ ... 

' '^ ^ Founded the 

force and fire company in the city. A few years afterwards he university of 
inaugurated the movement which led to the founding of the Univer- Pennsy'vama 
sitv of Pennsylvania and of the American Philosophical Society; the 
organization of a militia force; the paving of the streets, as noted 
in the preceding chapter ; and the founding of the Pennsylvania 
Hospital. It was also about this time that he made his discoveries 
in electricity, being the first to demonstrate that lightning and elec- 
tricity were one. 

Through his man\- achievements, both public and ]iri\-ate, 
Franklin soon became the foremost man in the Province of Pennsvl- 
vania. He was not only acquainted at home, Init abroad, and he 
was fully alive to the existing conditions of the times. He foresaw 

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22^TU ANNIVERSARY FOl"ND].\(; OF I'll ILAUKLl'lllA 



First to 
Foresee the 
Revolution 



His Death 
and Burial' 
Place 



among the first tlic threatened troul)le witl: tlie mother country, and 
as early as 1754 he pubhcly wrote that the Colonies must be united for 
their self-preservation. This was in reality the first act in the great 
drama which a few years later gave birlli lo the United States of 
America. In the vear 1757, after the relations between Pennsylvania 
and the ninthcr country were becoming strained, Franklin went to 
Englantl as the agent of the C"olon_\- and remained abroad for 
five years. Two years after his return home the Stamp Act again 
stirred up the Colonists and planted the seeds which subsequently grew 
into the Revolution. Again he went to England, but he was unable 
to avoid the war. While there he did predict to the English people 
that tile result would be the loss to them of their American possessions. 
In 1775 he returned home and was largely instrumental in h;iving 
the Continental Congress issue the Declaration of Independence, of 
which he was a signer. The story of his successful etforts in securing 
for the Colonies the cooperation of France need not be repeated here. 

Franklin died April ij, 1790, in his own house in Philadelphia, 
in the eighty-fifth vear of his age, and it seems most ap])ro])riate that 
he should have been buried at Fifth and Arch Streets, within a few 
blocks of where his printing house had stood. 

Although it does not appear upon his toml)stone. which is 
annually visited by thousands of sightseers to Philadelphia, this 
epitaph, which was written bv himself, forms a fitting close to this 



chapter 



THE BODY 

of 

P.EXJAMTX FRANKLTX. PRTXTF.R. 

(Like tile cover of an nld book, 

Its contents torn i mt. 

And strip])ed of its lettering;- and gilding'.) 

Lies here food for worms. 

^'et tlic work itself shall not he lost. 

I'or it will (as he lielieves ) apjioar once more 

In a new 

And more beautiful edition 

Corrected and amended 

hv 

THE AUTHOR. 

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C H A PT E R SIXTH 

REVIEW OF THE GREAT HISTORIC 
EVENTS WHICH HAVE MADE PHILA- 
DELPHIA THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY AND 
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE NATION 




^UITE briefly must be recorded some of the principal acts 
of the Revolutionary period. This period of the progress 
of the nation, however, is of considerable importance to 
r~ Philadelphia, for it was here that the revolutionary spirit 
centered, followed by the birth of the nation. From 
that memorable day, September 4, 1774, when the first Continental Beginning 
Congress met in Carpenters' Hall, bringing together such famous Movement for 
men as George Washington, John Adams, John Jav, Peyton Ran- independence 
dolph, and many others of equal prominence, until the close of the 
Revolution and, in fact, until July, 1800, when the seat of the United 
States government was removed to Washington, Philadelphia's 
history forms a very important part of the history of the United 
States. 

This first Congress was composed of Quakers and men of all 
religious beliefs. Randolph, of Virginia, was elected president of 
the body, and Charles Thomson, of Pennsylvania, secretary. As 
is well known, the Congress made its final appeal to Great Britain 
for justice to the Colonists and adopted a declaration of rights. 

Prior to the first Continental CongTess there occurred in 
the Delaware harbor, just below Philadelphia, an act showing 
the temper of the people and which forecasted the approach of 
war. Few people are acquainted with the fact that Philadel- 
phia had a "tea-party" twenty days in ad\'ance of the much 
heralded Boston "tea-party." Philadelphia's "tea-party" occurred 
on October 16, 1773, while that of Boston was on November 

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(IFFUIAI. II IS lOUK Al, SOUNKXIR 



The First 
Tea"Part\ 



5tli. When the news first reached 1 'enn>\l\ania that a ^^-peiiiiy 
tax on tea had 1)een ordered h\- I'.n^laiid, a mass nieetiii<;- was 
called in State Ihuise square and resolutions — strong- as it was 
possible to make them — were ado])ted declaring- that it was the 
duty of every American to oppose the ])avniem of the tax. 
One of the resolutions described as an enemx- to his coumrv 
"any American who dared handle this tea." This car^o oi tea 
was Iirought here on the ship folly, C'a])tain A\ers. When the 
ship reached (Gloucester Point a committee of citizens boarded 
it and handed the captain a letter in which ])art of the lan- 
guaj^'e was: "hdv to the ])]ace from whence you came: ll\- with- 




The First American "Tea-Party" 

.\n i-ntluisiastic puhlic meeting was held in the Stati: lUmsc S<|uarc, on October i6, 177.^. at which 
strong resolutions were adopted, refusing to pay the tax on tea. .\t this meeting a committee was 
appointed to wait on Captain .\yers. of the ship Polly, and instruct him not to attempt to land his cargo. 

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225TH ANNINERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 




Captain Ayers and the "Polly" 

fleeting of Captain Ayers on Christmas Day, 1773. when lie was informed of the resolutions passed by 

the Town-Meeting, October 16, 1773 

out hesitation; tlv without the formaht\" (if a ])rotest; and ahove 
all, Captain Ayers, let us advise you to tl}- without the wild 
geese feathers." 

It was on December 27th that the PoU\ arrived. Cap- 
tain Ayers came to Philadelphia and was met liv a crowd of 
eight thousand excited people. He was given to understand that 
he must take the ship back to England after one day's grace 
allowed him to obtain food and water. The jjeople showed h\ 
their presence that they would not hiw the stamjjs under the 
Stamp Act. They refused to be taxed against their will, and 

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at tliat carlv dale the rcxululinnarv sUirni shdwcd llial it was 
about to l)rcak in all its fury. The I'cnusyh'unia I'ackct. on 
lanuarv ,:;. 1774. rct'erred to the (k'i)arturc ot the I'oUy in a news 
item which read as follows: "On Tuesday last, at lhree-(|uar- 
ters of an hour after 3 o'clock. Captain Ayers of the tea ship 
PoU\ left Arch Street wharf to follow his ship to Reedy Island, 
and from thence to transport the I'.ast India Company's otTender 
to its old rottini;- place in Leaden llall street, Lon<lon."' 

Philadelphia, as the leadini;' industrial and manufacturing- city 
at that tiiue, as it is to-day. soon felt the approach of war. On April 
2^. 1775. following- the heginnins^- of hostilities at Lexington, Massa- 




The Departure of the "Polly" 

Two hours after Captain Aycrs received the resolutions rejecting the cargo of tea. the Polly proceeded 
down the Delaware Kiver on her return voyage, December 2-;, 1773 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

chusetts, fully 8000 people of the city, with (iiie accord, marched to 
the State House. The Committee on Correspondence, in charge of 
keeping up communication with the colonies, was in session and, 
knowing the temper of the people, passed a resolution which was 
satisfactory to all. It was brief Iiut to the point, and recommended 
"that all citizens associate together to defend with arms their property, 
liberty and lives against all attempts to deprive them of it." 

The enrollment of men began at once and two troops of 
cavalry, two companies of riflemen, and two companies of artillery. Organization 
were ciuickly organized. It is well to obser\'e here that the First °! *''^,. 

' _ '^ First City 

Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, the oldest military organization in Troop 
the United States and which acted as the escort of Washington and 
every President of the United States, was organized November 17, 

1774- 

The Second Continental Congress met in the State House, 
Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. Notwithstanding the general excite- 
ment of the time, the warlike preparations and the drilling of troops, 
industrial Philadelphia kept moving forward. A glass works was 
started in Kensington ; the manufactories of carpets and other articles 
were enlarged, while many citizens entered the interesting" field of 
manufacturing powder and saltpetre. Just before the Congress met, 
Franklin rettu-ned home from England after his long absence alaroad, ^ 

'^ ■=" hranklin in 

where he acted as the agent for the Colonies. The day following his Charge of 
arrival the Provincial Council, then in session, elected him a delegate *"' -^ ^""^ 
to the Continental Congress. One of his first acts was to organize 
the Committee of Safety, to take the place of the Committee on Cor- 
respondence. The former had its members chosen by the Assembly, 
while the latter was appointed by citizens who had assembled in a 
town meeting. The new committee virtually acted for the City and 
State governments and provided for the arming and equipping of 
the militia, the defence of the city, and attended to all the city's public 
business. 

On May 10, 1775, when the Congress assembled with John 
Hancock as the president, he was greeted l)y a parade of nearly two 

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tliousrind of llie militia, lit- was tlic ])()])ulai" idnl nt ilic ])c<)i)lc wlin 
desired independence. Anmn^- the patriots lie was one of the 
stannchest. So ardent was his desire for liherty for the ])eoi)le ol 
the Colonies that he was ever in the forefront of all movements 
designed to end the rnle of George III. A little more than one year 
later when, as president of Congress, he signed the Declaration of 
American Independence in his hold and decided handwriting he 
exclaimed: "John liull can read that withoitt 'specs.'" 

At no time from the beginning of the Congress did it act 
hastih- njxin anv matters, and especially on the (|uestion of inde- 
pendence, instead, it proceeded with its work in a calm, dignified 
manner, l)Ut ever watchfnl of the growing discontent throughout 
the Colonies. It saw [Massachusetts, Xew Hampshire and South 
Carolina iM'eak away from their allegiance to King George. Just at 
this time Congress ajjpointed Washington Commander-in-Chief of 
the .\rniv which was then around r>oston. lie was in the ])rime of 
First Test of his life, about fort\-three years old, and erect and strong. ]\Iore 
Bravery of iJian that, he had the resi:)ect and confidence of all the soldiers. From 

the American 

Soldier that lime until the close of the Revolution the success of the army 

and the fate of the countrv were de|)endenl ui)on him. About the 
middle of that month — June 17, 1773 — was fought the battle of 
lUmker Hill. The world knows the result. The brax-ery of the 
American soldier was there thoroughly tested. Xone shrank from the 
assaults of the Tlritish, and although the Americans were fin,'ill\- com- 
pelled to retreat in the face of a much superior force, both in numbers 
and miiitarv training, it was onl\- because the ]irovincials had no 
amnumition left with which lo continue the fight. While it was ])rac- 
tically a defeat for the .\mericans. it taught them that with a little 
more training thev could defeat the Redcoats. 

(ieneral Washington was on his wa\ to I'.oslon to take com- 
mand of the army, and when he heard how the .\merican troo])s 
fought in the battle, he declared — and his jirophecy was true — that 
"the liberties of the countrv are safe." ( )ne of the acts of General 
Howe, who was in charge of ]jart of the lirilish army in the battle, 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

was to order Charlestown to l^e burned, and b\- night ()f that 
memorable day the greater part of the town was in ashes. 

The news of tlie battle and the burning of Charlestown was 
not long in reaching Philadelphia. Franklin, who was then directing 
the Committee of Safety, whose appointment had been authorized bv ^ 

■ - hranklin Gives 

Congress, learned of the burning of Charlestown with feelings of Vent to 
great anger. So aroused was he that he wrote a letter to his former "'^ Anger 
friend, Strahan, a member of the English Parliament, showing- his 
bitter contemjH for this act. Franklin's letter, though brief, proved 
that while he was a man of peace, he knew how to be angrv. His 
letter was as follows : 

Phila. July 5, 1775. 
Mr. Strahan, 

You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that 
Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. 
You have begun to burn our Towns and murder our 
People. Look upon your Hands ! They are stained with 
the Blood of your Relations. 

You and I were long Friends : — You are now my 
Enemy, — and 

I am 

^'ours, 

B. Franklin. 

During the succeeding winter the three Colonies which had 
broken away from the rule of King George remained alone in their 
independence, l)ut on May 15, 1776, Congress adopted a resolution 
that all the Colonies follow the example of Massachusetts, New 
Hampshire and South Carolina. At the same time Congress opened 
the ports of the country to all nations. 

The cr)- everywhere was for independence, and in the Congress 
it was plainly evident that the delegates well knew the sentiments of 
the people. On June 7, Richard Henry Lee, of Mrginia, one of the 
foremost in demanding that the Colonies should assert their inde- 
pendence, prevented a resolution that "these united Colonies are and 

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First Step 
Towards 
Declaring 
Independence 



Where 
Jefferson 
Wrote the 
Declaration 



of right ouglil to he, free and indepciulent Stales; that tliev are 
ahsolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political 
connection helween them and Great Britain is and otight to he totally 
dissolved." 

For several da\s the resolution was dehated. and while many 
of the memhers of the Congress were in favor of declaring inde- 
l)endence at once, it was ag'reed that further action on the resolution 
shotild he postponed for a period of three weeks. In the meantime 
Congress, anticipating favorahle action u])on the adoption of the 
resolution which practically declared for the independence of the 
Colonies, appointed a committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, one 
of the delegates from A'irginia, as chairman; Benjamin Franklin, of 
Pennsylvania; Roger Sherman, of Connecticut; Rohert R. Livingston, 
of Xew York, and John Adams, of Massachusetts, to draft a declara- 
tion asserting what was set forth in the resolution presented hy Lee. 
In other words, it was evident that those who were leading to secure 
independence and liherty for the Colonies did not desire to adopt the 
resolution until such a time as they were ready to assert to the whole 
world that they had thrown off the yoke of Great Britain. 

To Jefl'erson was assigned the task of writing the great docu- 
ment and this work he accomplished in his hoarding-house, which 
stood at the southwest corner of Seventh and Market Streets. On 
this site to-day, now occu|)ied l)y a hank huilding, is a tahlet signi- 
fving that it was on that s])ot where the declaration was written. 

( )n juh' I, when it was known that the Congress had planned 
to act tii)on the resolution, there was a great crowd of peo])le in the 
Stale House sqtiare. To the disappointment of all, however, action 
upon the resolution was delayed until the following d.iy. Again, a 
large crowd assemhled and again no action was taken. The peo|)le 
began to grow inii)atient. ( )n July 3, similar scenes were witnessed 
in the vicinilv of the State House, while in the Congress a hot dehate 
took place. It culminated on the evening of July 4, the year heing 
1776. when the original resolution, accompanied hy the Declaration 
of Independence, was adopted, thus giving birth to a new nation. 

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Hardly had the vote been taken when the State House bell, which 
from that moment became known as the "Liberty Bell," rang out the 
tidings to the assembled multitudes. The news was received every- 
\\'here with the greatest jo\'. 

When this bell was first iM-ought from England, in 1751, it 
bore the prophetic inscription: "Proclaim Liberty throughout all the 
land unto all the inhabitants thereof. — Lev. xx\-, v. x." What a 
prophecy ! And how that bell must have rung that memoralile night ! 
The cry of independence was carried from mouth to mouth, and proclamation of 
although the ])eople were jovful in the extreme, thev calmh- returned '"dependence 
to then- homes to prepare at once tor the struggle they knew was to Liberty Bell 
come. The next day copies of the declaration were sent to the com- 
manding officers of the Continental troops, the head of the army, 
and to all the Colonies. On July 8, at noon, the bell, then known as 
the Liberty Bell, was rung for the formal Proclamation of the Declara- 




Carpenters' Hall 

Place of meeting of the I'ir^t Continental Congress 
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OFFICIAL IIISTOKICAI. SOL'VKXIK 

tion of Independence, and the i)lace selected for this act was in the 
rear of the State House, in the square. John Xixon. soldier and 
financier, read the g^reat document, and as lie concluded there was a 
mightv shout from the assembled iMijiulace, l)ut ahdxe the roar of the 
cheering r;uig out, in clear, bold and defiant tones, the great bell. 
For hours it rang, proclaiming Liberty, while all the church bells and 
chimes in the city joined with it in sounding the glad news to the 
people of Philadelphia. Thus, here in the city founded less than one 
hundred \ears before by William Penn, was born a new nation — 
The L'nited States of America. 

Relative to the Declaration of Independence, the original copy 

of which is well jjreserved at Washington, it was not until August, 

Original IJ/*^'- ^^'^^^ ^^ ^^'^s eugrossed and signed by the delegates. One of 

Declaration jj.,g niembers did not affix his signature to the great document until 

Preserved at . ' ■, " ,, -n, i 

Washington A oveuiber ot that year, and another not untn ijhi. 1 bus was the 

nation created in Philadelphia. The colonies were transformed 
into States, and the "Government 1)y the ])eople." with the declara- 
tion "that all men are created equal," at once began io Ik' a reality. 

In no sense has an attempt been made to ])ortray all the 
leading events of the Revolutionary period in this chapter, and, 
with few exceptions, references are only made to events aiiecting 
Philadelphia and vicinity between the years 1776 and 1783, when 
the treaty of ])eace was signed at Paris. 

About the time that Congress was debating the declaring of 
independence, Washington was preparing to defend New York City 
with a small and poorly equipped army against the superior British 
force under Howe. In August, just after the Declaration of Inde- 
])en(lence had been promulgated, was fought the battle of Long- 
Island, in which many of the American force were captured. On 
the night of this battle, Washington, with the 1)ulk of his armv, 
ferried to Xew York, leaving the Pritish only ;i barren \iclor\-. 

In the autumn Washington withdrew with his dwindling 
forces into Xew jersey, and in the winter following had crossed into 
Pennsvlvania. .\t that time he had an army with him of about 

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225x11 AXXI\EKSAKY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

three thousand men. Tliis period was one of the most critical of 
the entire Revolution, for had Howe with the British pushed on to 
Philadelphia, the city would probably have been taken, and the moral 
effect might have ended the war. It was on Christmas night. 1776. 
that Washington recrossed the Delaware to Trenton, where he sur- Period of 
]jrised a number of Hessians, capturing one thousand prisoners and **'* Revolution 
as many stands of arms. That same month and the following 
January witnessed a campaign carried on by Washington which 
demonstrated that the Americans were determined to finally drive 
the llritish out of the country. He not only defeated Cornwallis 
in the battle of Princeton, but practically held Xew Jersey by taking 
the heights of Alorristown. The historv of this campaign, so suc- 
cessful to American arms, has always been referred to as the most 
brilliant military campaign in history. 

Washington's successes, however, could not liave been possible 
at that time had it not been largely for Robert Morris, known since 
as the great American statesman and financier, through whose 
generosity and exertions the money was raised to carry on the cam- 
paign. He raised money on his own credit to aid Washington, and 
it was he who, during that December and January, carried on all 
the work of the government. Morris was born in England in 1704, 
l)ut came to America in 1747, and after serving in a counting house 

'^' . '^ '^ . Robert Morris, 

in Philadelphia for some years became, in 1754. a ])artner in the statesman and 
business. He was a delegate to Congress from 1776 to 1778. and F'"ancier 
was a signer of the Declaration. During the war he served on the 
committee of ways and means, and freely placed his immense 
fortune at the disposal of his country. His personal credit at one 
time was pledged to the amount of $1,400,000. In 17S0 he estab- 
lished the Bank of North America in Philadelphia, and until 1784 
acted as superintendent of finance. In 1786 he was elected a member 
of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and he was a delegate in 
the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States, 
in 1787. From 1788 to 1795, he was a member of the United States 
Senate. He died in Philadelphia, May 8, 1806. 

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It sllMuld 

rnited Sljiics 1 



l)c noted Iicrc. as a matter of tact, that tin- lirst 
a^' liaxiiii;' llu' Stars and Slri])c> was adopted 1)V 
How the First LoiigTCSS, Juiie 14, 1 JJJ. It is declared that this I'lrsi tlag was made 
c. .""„"" out of a soldier's white shirt, an old hlne armv overcoat and a red 

Stripes was 



Made 



lannel ])etticoat. 



It was lirst used at rort Stanwix. near Rome. 



X. 



^'.. dnrin*;- I'.nr,!^oyne"s cam])ai.nn in 1777. I'anl Jones appears to 

;U sea. In 
the States 



have been the lirst to h;i\-e nsed the "Stars ;ind Stripe 
the flag" atlopted hv Congress, the stars re])resented 
and the stripes the original thirteen colonies. 

The war continued, hut it was not until the summer and e.arh 
fall of 1777 that Philadel])hia was again the ■"hattle-ground." luirl\' 
in Septemher that vear, i iowe, with his troojjs. after having sailed 
up Chesapeake Bay, landing his force at Rlkton. met Washington's 
army at Brandywine Creek. The Americans, though defeated in this 
battle, quickly reorganized, hut were unable to prevent the British 
from taking Philadel])hia. In silence the ])atriotic peo])le of the cit_\' 














I " ( 1 1 i 



■'"Jj^r 




"Cliveden." Ttie Chew House. Germantown 

.'\round this Iniilding cUisti-r m.iny nKniorii.> of llic ll.ittk' if (;crm,Tntuwn — Ui'vohitionary War 

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225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

received the British. Congress had hastily adjourned and removed 
to Lancaster, Pa. The Liberty Bell, then the pride of the people, as 
it is to-day, was first remo\-ed from the State House and taken to 
Allentown, Pa., to prevent it from falling into the hands of the 
British. There it was kept in safety until the British army had 
evacuated Philadelphia, when it was returned to the State House. 
With the Liberty Bell on this trip were taken the chimes of Christ 
Church, which had also taken part the year before in "Proclaiming 
Liberty throughout the Land." 

On October 4, following^, Washington boldly essayed to attack 
the British at Germantown, and had the campaign which he worked 
out been successful, he would surelv have overwhelmed them. The 

, r ,,-,'• , , The Battle 

battle was fought early m the morning and was almost a success, ^f Germantown 

when one of the advancing divisions lost its wav in a dense fog October, 1777 
and fired upon another, thinking" it was the enemy. Thus Wash- 
ington's surprise resulted in a failure, and he and his army retreated 
to Valley Forge, just above Philadelphia, where the miserable winter 
months of 1777 and 1778 were spent. 

It was during these trying days of the countrv that Benjamin 
Franklin, who was then at Paris as a commissioner of the L^nited 
States, had succeeded in having France make a treaty of alliance \\ith 
this country. By this treaty France guaranteed the liberty and inde- 
pendence of the L^nited States and all its possessions, ''and the 
addition or conquests that their confederation may obtain during the French and 
war." At the same time a treaty of amity and commerce was agreed Germans to 

_ . Ill ' 1 1 - Aid of the 

Upon. Betore the treaty had been consummated, a number ot Americans 

Frenchmen had come to this country to aid in \\hat they declared 

was a struggle for liberty. Among the numljer was the Marcjuis 

de Lafayette. Al)out the same time other foreigners joined the 

American forces, chief among whom was Baron Steuben, a German, 

who gave great assistance in organizing and drilling the American 

troops. 

Fear of the French fleet approaching Philadelphia compelled 
the British to abandon this citv in the earlv summer of 1778. ^^'ash- 

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nrFICIAI. Tl ISTOKICAI. SorVKXIK 

ing'ton followed the rolrealin^ forces, and mi lunc J8 was fought 
the hattlo n\ .Monnioiuli. Il was the last I)attle of note fought on 
nortlicni soil. The remainder of tliis \ear contained no starthng 
events. The following years carried the campaign into the West 
and South. In the earlv part of 17S1, the s])eedv termination of the 
war was not looked for, hut with W ashinglon in the .\orlh, planning 
an attack n])on Xew \'ork t'itw and Lafaxx'tte ojjerating in \'ir- 
ginia, a sudden change came over the situation, indicating earl\- suc- 
cess for the .\merican arm\-. Washingtoti found that he would haw 
the assistance of a French licet in the C'hesa])eake, and he at once 
abandoned his Xew ^ drk campaign and i)roceeded southward. I'.arly 
in ()ctol)er following, the homhardment of \(irktown hegan, and on 
the i(;th of the month, the besieged armv surrendered. This prac- 
ticalK' marked the ending of the war, and steps to ado])t a treaty 
of peace soon followed. The American commissioners ai)])ointed to 
agree ui)on peace terms were b)hn jav, llenjamin Franklin, |ohn 
Adams, Thomas Jefferson and 1 lenr\- Laurens. After many difli- 
culties the treaty was agreed to and signed at Paris, Se]:)tember 3, 

Thus, just one hundred years after the first comings of Penn 

the peoi)le of this country ended the Fnglish control over the original 

colonies. Put while free and inde])endent, the countrv was not 

unitetl. In 1777. Articles of Confederation were proposed bv Con- 

The End of gress to the States, but were not ratified until 17S1. These Articles 

**'^ provided for a "firm league of independence" between the States, 

Revolutionary 

War but did not make them united. There was |)raclicallv no ceiUral 

government, as the Congress, com])osed of delegates from all the 
States, only had certain powers, .\niong them were the right to 
declare war or of making" peace, the sending or receiving of ambassa- 
dors, and the jjower of establisliing and regulating postal service 
from one State to another. Congress stood as the represeiUali\e 
of the American ])eople but il had no efllciencv as a go\ernmenl. 
The succeeding few xears foniid the conntrv in a distrcN^-ed 
condition, and it was soon shown that to maintain peace a strong 

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22STH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

go\-ernnient was needed. The Congress quickly felt itself without 
the necessary power. In 1786 conditions became deplorable. Wash- 
ington was appealed to. and as he made it plain that he belonged 
to the country and not to any one State, his influence and advice 
were quicklv sought and followed. He was for a united govern- . . ^. , ,. 

^ • '^ * Adoption ot the 

nient. Associated with him was Franklin. When the Constitutional Constitution 
Convention of fifty-five members assembled in Philadelphia, Mav 14, 
1787, for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, 
Franklin took a prominent part. Among his colleag'ues in the con- 
vention from Pennsylvania were Robert Morris, Thomas Mifflin, 
George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Jared Ingersoll, James ^^'ilson 
and Gouverneur Morris. For four months the con\'ention lasted, 
with Washington presiding, and finallv, on September 17, a new 
Constitution was adopted and signed by all the delegates. On Sep- 
tember 28, following, the Constitution was referred to all the States 
for ratification. This took some time, and favorable action by the 
States was taken in this order: 

Delaware, 

Pennsylvania, 

New Jersey, 

Georgia, 

Connecticut, 

Massachusetts, 

Maryland, 

South Carolina, 

New Hampshire, June 

Virginia, 

New York, 

North Carolina, Xo\'ember 21, 1789 

Rhode Island, Mny 29, 1790 

Again did Philadelphia figure ])rominenllv in the earlv his- 
tory of the country The Revolution which made the people inde- 
pendent was planned here: the Declaration of Indciiendence was 

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17S7 


December 


12, 


17X7 


December 


13. 


1787 


January 


2 


1788 


January 


9. 


1788 


Fel)ruary 


6, 


1788 


April 


26, 


1788 


May 


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1788 


June 


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June 


^5. 


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First United States Mint 
Located on Seventh Street, above l-'ilbcrt. Dpened October, 1792 

pnmnilg'ated here; the Continental Congresses met here, and the 
great Constitutional Convention, which made the free people united, 
was held here. The Constitution in itself gave to the new American 
nation a {'resident, a Congress, equal rights to the peo])le, and 
established the Sn])renie Court of the United States. 

'idle new gnxernnient was organized at .\e\\ ^'llI•k. Wash- 
ington was elected President hv unanimous vote, an Imnor never 
paralleled. The election was held in January, 17S9, and it was 
arranged that the inatiguration of the new governnieni should he 
on the first \\'ednesda\- in .March. The lirsl W'ednesd.'iy fell nn 
-March 4, and thus il came ;ihout that that date is the day when a 
new President and ;i new Congress assume the duties of dtfice. The 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADKLPITIA 




Coinage Department of First United States Mint 

It was in this part of the building that the first coins were struck 



the Nation 



following year, 1790, Congress passed an Act establishing the 
National Capital at Philadelphia, and from that time until 1800, Philadelphia 
when the city of Washington was selected, Philadel])hia remained the the Capital of 
Capital of the Nation. With the government established, Philadel- 
phia took not onl_\- a commanding place in the histor)- of the nation, 
but became prominent as the leading manufacturing citv of the 
country. Even while the war was raging, the citv su])plied the 

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Old Vault in First United States Mint 



wants of the I'litirc i)ci)])le. Tlicso early iiianufaclurcd ainiclcs. so 
esscnlial to the life of a natimi, and wliicli ha\'c since made I'liila- 
deliilna kiinwn as the leading" niannfaelnriiiL;- eil_\-, inclnded cotton 
goods, leather, paper, glass, llonr and many other necessities. 

In closing this chapter, il is pro])er to state that the tlrst 
ICnglish r.ihle printed in the United States was issned liere in 1782, 
and that on l)ecenil)er 21, 1784, the .liiicricaii Paily .ld:rrtiscr. 
afterwards the .liirora. the first dail_\- ne\\s|)a])er in the I'nited States. 

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22c;tII anniversary founding of PHILADELPHIA 




Arches in Basement of Old Mint 

Rear of 37 and 39 North Seventh Street 

was printed here. Tt was also in Philadelphia, on February 22, 17S8, 

that \^^ashington's l)irthday was first otificially celebrated. On March 

II, 1789, the city was incorporated by Act of the Legislature, and p.^^^ ^.^^ 

on April 13, following, Samuel Powell was elected as the first Mayor, Located in 

by Council, under the new charter. In October, 1792, the first United P'^-'^'ieiphia 

States Mint was established by Congress in Philadelphia, and it was 

located on Seventh Street, above Filbert. In 1794 the first turnpike 

road in the United States, from Philadelphia to Lancaster, sixtv-two 

miles, was constructed. On August 2, 1796, the first gas-light 

exhibited in the countrv was shown in this citv. 



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CHAPTER SEVENTH 

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE 
NINETEENTH CENTURY WHICH 
MADE PHILADELPHL\ THE LEADING 
AMERICAN CITY IN THE UNITED STATES 




, H E Xineteenth Century witnessed the growth and develop- 
ment of Philadelphia as a nianufaeturing, commercial, 
'll'M financial and educational centre, and especially as a "city 
iif homes." Not only has Philadelphia led in many things, 
l)Ut the city and its people have always been known for 
their l)enevolence. A striking incident of this was shown in the 
ver\- l)eginning of the nineteenth centuVv, when fire destro\-ed „^., ^ , . . 

'- ^ • - Philadelphia 

the town of Portsmouth, X. H. Within fortv-eight hours after the Famed for 
news of the conflagration was received here, the people subscribed ^^"^^o'ence 
a fund of Sio,ooo and collected considerable food and clothing', 
which were dispatched to the stricken town at once. One vear 
later when X'orfolk, \'a., was burned, similar contributions were 
made. What the people of Philadelphia did for the soldiers in 
the Civil War; for the sufl:"erers at Johnstown, Pa., bv the great 
flood which destroyed that town ; for the flood suft'erers of Gal- 
veston. Texas; for the earthciuake sufl:'erers of San Francisco, 
and for the survivors of other calamities, is too well known to 
be commented upon. It has ahvays been Philadelphia's pleasure 
to aid the afflicted. That was Penn's desire when he founded 
the city, and it will ahvays remain so. 

The early years of this century witnessed many improve- 
ments. Among the first brought about li}- the municipality was 
the supplying of the city with water through wooden street mains 
in 1801. In the recent excavations made for the new subwav on 
Market Street, east of the City Hall, some of these original mains 

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OFFRIAI. II ISIOKH Al. SOLNKN I K 



First 

Steamboat 
to Traverse 
the Ocean 



The City 
Before the 
Consolidation 



were unearthed after heiny in the i^round over one hunch^ed years 
and they were found to he in a reniarkahle state of ])reservation. 

Philadelphia enjoyed the distinction of hein<;- the destination 
f(ir the sleanilxiat I'hociiix, which was the first steam vessel to 
navii^-ate the ocean. lis arri\al here in June, iSoS, one lumdred 
vears as^o, was the means of hrini^ins^- many distinguished visitors 
to this citv. Ill Septemher, 1S15, the l*"airmount Water Works 
was completed, and seven years later the present Schuylkill dam 
was built. 

Maiu' of the citv's leading' institutions date their hirth to 
the hegiiming of this cenlurv, among them being the Pennsylvania 
Academv of the Fine Arts, which was incorporated March 17. 
1S06; the Academv of the Natural Sciences, which was founded 
March Ji. 1S12: the ?\Iusical Ftind Hall, established 1820: the 
.Apprentices' Library and the l'hila(lel])hia Law Library, both 
of which were incorporated in iSji; the Mercantile Library, 
org'anized that same vear ; the b'rankhii Inslilule, organized Feb- 
ruarv 5, 1X24; the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, founded 
December 21, 1827; the estal)lishment of the Cramp Shipbuilding 
Companv, in 1830; the railroad to (iermantown, and the first 
locomotive used in 1832; the opening of the Central High School, 
October 21, 1838, and the opening of (lirard College, januarx i. 
1848. 

Until luiie 30, 1854, the original l)oundary of Philadelphia 
extended from what is now \'ine Street, on the north, to what is 
now South Street, on the south, fronting on the Delaware River 
nearl\- a mile, and westward for a distance of about two miles 
to the Schuvlkill Rix'er. ()utside of this territory were twenty- 
eight se])arate and distinct coiiimuiiitie.s known as districts, town- 
.ships, and boroughs, and all with sejiarate loriiis of government. 
The incor]ioralion of these local governments was a ])rivilege 
which was exercised by the State Legislature and the boundaries 
of each were in many cases established by lines of many estates. 
The ])rincipal territories were known as districts, and a smaller 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

territory with less authority given to it by the Legislature was 
known as a borough. Still other territories, each with less power 
than the districts or boroughs, were known as townships. It was 
the consolidation of these twentv-eight districts, boroua:hs and 
townships in 1H54 which made the city of Philadelphia co-terminus 
with the county. 

The first attempt to bring together these various comnnmities 
was made in 1836, when an act of the Legislature was passed pro- 
viding for the union of the District of Aloyamensing and the Town- 
ship of Passyunk with the city of Philadelphia. This consolidation 
never took place. In 1844 the people of the city, realizing the 
weakness of the police system then in force, demanded the con- 
solidation of all these territories so that the city could be g"iven 
not only police protection but fire protection as well. In those 
days the governments of the separate territories operated one 
against the other, and often lawbreakers ip one jurisdiction would 
move into another in order to escape arrest. Public impro\'ements 
were also hindered. Business was seriously interfered with, and in 
many ways the life of the twenty-eight territories hurt the growing 
city of Philadelphia. In the early Fifties efforts were again made 
by leading men of all the parties to abolish this condition of affairs, 
with the result that on February 2, 1854, an act was passed con- 
solidating all the territories with the then official city of Philadel- 
phia. This act provided that the corporate name of the mayor, alder- 
men and citizens of Philadelphia should be changed to "The City 
of Philadelphia." The act further provided that the boundaries of 
the city should be extended so as to embrace the whole of the terri- 
tory of the County of Philadelphia, which was then the same as it 
is to-day. 

Robert T. Conrad w'as mayor of Philadelphia at the time the 
consolidation act was passed. On January 30, 1854, in obedience to 
the act of the Legislature and a resolution adopted bv City Cotmcils, 
Mayor Conrad issued a proclamation consolidating the city, and on 
that day it was carried into eft'ect. At the same time the Coiuicils 

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The 

Consolidation 
Att Carried 
into Effect 



The Original 
Nine Districts 
With Their 
Boundaries 



ailoiHcd an urdiiiancc, which was approved hy ihc niayur, providing" 
for the device for the L"il\- Seal which was similar to the seal then 
in use. That design was slighlly changed hy the ordinance ap]iroved 
Fehrnarv 14. 1S74, an<l which has since remained the seal. City 
Conncils on March 13. njoS, made another slight change in the seal 
hv striking from the rihand the rtgures 1701, and this change is to 
he effective on .Monday. October 5, 190S, the lirst weekday of the 
Two Hnndrcd and Twenty-fifth Anniversary celebration of the 
founding- of the city. 

In commemoration of the fonnding of the citv in KiS^ liy 
William Penn, and also as a means of ])er]>etnating llie names of 
the twenty-eight districts, boroughs and townships consolidated in 
1854, the city has erected twenty-eight memorial lamp-posts upon 
the pavements surrounding the City Hall. These lamp-posts, which 
are cast in bronze, stand twenty-eight feet in height, and each one 
is surmonnled b\- twenty-eight one-hundred candle-power incandes- 
cent lamps. There were nine districts, six boroughs and eleven 
townships afl'ected by the consolidation act. The names of the dis- 
tricts, with the dates of their incorporation and a brief outline of 
their botmdaries inscribed upon the different lamp-posts, are as 
follows : 

District of Southwakk. Incorporated March 26, 1762. 
April iS. 171)4. Boundary — South Street, Passyunk Road, Seventh 
Street, ]\Iifllin Street, and the Delaware River. 

District OF XoKini;KX Liberties, incorjioraied .March 2S. 
1803. Marcli 1(1, iSn). l'>ound;irv — b^rom middle of .Sixth Street 
and Delaware River and between \ ine .Street and C'ohocksink treek. 

District oi' i\i:xsiX(;Tox. Incorjjorated .March (■>. i8jo. 
Boundary — Belgrade and Xorris Streets and Lehigh Avenue; Sixth 
Street: Thompson and C^anal Streets and Delaware River. 

District of Spkixi; Garuex. Incorporated March _'_'. 1813. 
[March 2. 1827. Boundarx — \'ine Street. Sixth Street. I'oi)lar Street, 
Schuvlkill River, to beginning. 

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District of AIoyamensing. Incorporated March 24, 1812. 
April 5, 1848. Boundary — McKean, Broad, and Tasker Streets, 
Schuylkill River ; South Street, Passyunk Road, Reed Street, Seventh 
Street, IMitflin Street, and Delaware River. 

District of Penn. Incorporated April 19, 1843. February 
26, 1844. Boundary — Poplar Street, Germantown Avenue, Susque- 
hanna Avenue, Tenth Street, Old Camac Street, Broad Street, Colum- 
bia Avenue, and Schuylkill River. 

District of Richmond. Incorporated February zy, 1847. 
Boundary — York, Belgrade and Norris Streets, Frankford Avenue, 
Hart Lane, Emerald, AA'estmoreland, Salmon and Pike Streets and 
Delaware River. 

District of West Philadelphia. Incorporated February 
17, 1844. April 3, 1851. Boundary — Schuylkill River, Girard Ave- 
nue, Poplar Street and Westmoreland Avenu,e, Haverford Avenue. 
Forty-sixth Street and Walnut Street. 

District of Belmont. Incorporated April 14, 1853. Boun- 
dary — Schuylkill River, Girard Avenue, Poplar Street, Westminster 
Avenue, Haverford Avenue, Sixtv-third Street and City Avenue. 

Borough of Germantown. Boundary — Wissahickon Ave- The originar 
nue, Roberts Avenue, Wavne Avenue, Stenton Avenue and Wash- ^'^ boroughs 

With Their 
mgton Lane. Boundaries 

Borough of Frankford. Incorporated March, 7, 1800. 
Boundary — Frankford Creek, Wakeling- Street, Tacony Creek, Leiper 
Street, Harrison Street, Horrocks Street, Orthodox Street and 
Adams Road. 

Borough of Manayunk. Incorporated March 3, 1847. 
Boundary — Schuylkill River and Cinnaminson Run to Green Lane, 
Hermit Street, Pechin Street, to Schuylkill River. 

Borough of Bridesburg. Incorporated April i, 1848. 

Boundary — Delaware River, Pike Street, Point Road ( Richmond 

Street) to Green Lane (Kerbaugh Street), Frankford Creek. 

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Borough of Whitehall. Incorporated April q, 1849. 
Boundary — From intersection of Frankford Creek and Wakeling 
Street, to Tacony Street and Margaret Street, to Delaware River 
and mouth of Frankford Creek. 

Borough of Aramingo. Incorporated April 11, 1850. 
Boundary — Salmon Street, Frankford Creek, Front Street Road. 
Hart Lane, Emerald Street, AA'estmoreland Street, to Salmon Street. 

Township of Passyunk. Boundary — Delaware River, Ale- The Original 
Kean Street, Broad Street, Tasker Street, Schuvlkill River, and south- V'^^^Z 

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ward to Delaware River. and Their 

Boundaries 

Township of Blockley. Boundary — Schuylkill River, Mill 
Creek, Baltimore Avenue, Ameaseka Creek, Cobb's Creek, City Ave- 
nue, Sixty-sixth Street, Virginia Road, Merion Road, Haverford 
Avenue, Westmoreland Avenue, Mill Creek, Woodland Avenue. 

Township of Kingsessing. Bc?imdary — Mill Creek and 
Delaware River, Baltimore Avenue, Ameaseka Creek, Cobb's Creek, 
Darby Creek, Bow Creek, Back Channel, Countv line and Schuvl- 
kill River. 

Township of Roxborough. Boundary — Schuylkill River, 
Wissahickon Avenue, County line, Schuylkill River at Cinnaminson 
Run, Green Lane, to Schuylkill River at Hermit Street, to beginning. 

Township of Germantown. Boundary — Washington Lane, 
Stenton Avenue, County line, Wissahickon Avenue, to place of 
beginning. 

Township of Bristol. Boundary — Stenton Avenue, Cres- 
heim Avenue, Cheltenham x^venue. Taconv Creek, Wingohocking 
Creek, Germantown Avenue, Roberts Avenue, Stenton Avenue, and 
Germantown Avenue. 

Township of Oxford. Boundary — Delaware River, Town- 
ship Line Road, County line, Cheltenham Avenue, Tacony Creek, 
Castor Road, Horrocks Street, Harrison Street, Leiper Street, Little 
Tacony Creek. 

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Towxsii IP OK 1,()\\i;k l)ri!Lix. P>oun<lar\' — C'nitman Street, 
Bustleton and Sonicrton Turnpike. Penny])ack Creek. I'^aciory Ruad. 
Welsh Road. Moreland 'I'ownsliip line, and .MontiLjoniery County 
line. 

Township of Moreland. Boundary — Horsham and Byberry 
Road, W'orlhinoton Road, Red Lion Road. Byberry Creek and Mont- 
gomery County line. 

Township of Northern Liberties. Boundary — German- 
town Avenue, Wingohocking Creek, Iwundary line of Aramingo, 
Front Street Road, Hart Lane, Frankford Avenue, Lehigh Avenue, 
Sixth Street, Somerset Street. 

Township of Byberry. Boundary — Horsham and Byberry 
Road, Worthington Road, Red Lion Road. Byberry Creek, Poquessing 
Creek. Bucks and Montgomerv County lines. 

Township of Penn. Boundary — Germantown Avenue, Sus- 
quehanna Avenue, Tenth Street, Old Camac Street, Broad Street, 
Colimibia Avenue, Schuylkill River, Schoolhouse Lane, Wissahickon 
Avenue and Roberts Avenue. 

Township of Delaware. Boundary — Cottman Street. Pen- 
nxpack Creek, Factory Road, Welsh Road, Moreland Township line, 
Poquessing Creek, and Delaware River. 

The citv of London is to-day practically in the same position 
as was Philadelphia fifty years ago. At the very time that the 
people of Philadeli)hia were crying for consolidation some of the 
opponents referred to the fact that London and Paris had a .system 
of separate munici])al governments, the same as did this city, and 
claimed that the old system worked well in the two foreign cities. 
In the \ear iS()i) the city of London consisted of no fewer than 
one hundred and twenty se])arate local authorities. 

One of the direct results of the consolidation was the abolition 
of the volunteer lire companies and the inauguration of a paid fire 
departmem. although it was not until iS^o that the new department 

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was provided for. March 15, 1S71, marks the day when the new 
department, with W'ilham H. Johnson as Chief Engineer, began its 
existence. At that date there were twenty-two fire engine and hose 
companies with twelve men each, fi\'e truck companies with thirteen The Birth 
men each, one chief and five assistant engineers. At the time of the present Fire 
adoption of the Bulhtt Act, in 1887, the entire department was placed Department 
under the charge of the Director of the Department of Public Safety. 
At the present time the Fire Department is composed of fifty-four 
engine companies, fifteen truck companies, six chemical engines, two 
insurance patrols, one water tower, and a force of men numbering 
nine hundred and thirty-six, including the chief engineer, district 
engineers, and machinists in the repair shops. 

In addition to the above, the department is equipi)ed with 
four fire boats. In 1901 the high-pressure water-main service was 
inaugurated. This system delivers water through independent mains 
in the business section of the city, making Philadelphia to-day the 

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The Great Towne House, 1707-1735 

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The Great Towne House, the seat of the State and city government, was located in the middle of 
High (Market) Street, west of Second Street- It was erected seventeen years prior to Carpenters' Hall 
and twenty-eight years before the State House- 



Tile history of the volunteer system in Philadelphia dates back 
to very early times. The first engine purchased was in 1718. It was 
brought from England and cost three hundred dollars. This stood 
in a corner of the Friends' Great [Meeting House, Second and Market 
Streets, for several vears, 

Benjamin Franklin, to whom is given the credit of organizing 
the first fire department, formed in Decemlier, 173^), the Union Fire 
Company, with a membership of between twentv-five and thirty, 
Franklin himself being one of the members. The second, the Franklin 
Fellowshi]) Fire Company, was formed in January, 173!^, and four Organizer of 

Eflnlv Fire 

years later the Hand-in-Hand was organized, and from that time company 
forward until 1871 companies were organized on an average of one 
a year. By the year 1832, two years prior to the consolidation of 
Philadelphia, no less than one hundred and forty-nine companies had 
been organized in the city, of which there were at that date ninety- 

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Patriotism of 
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War Period 



two in active service. One year following the consolidation. City 
Councils passed an ordinance providing- that the fire de]xirtmcnt shall 
consist of such regularly organized engine, hose and truck companies 
within the limits of the city as would comply with the provisions 
of the ordinance. Councils agreed to ])ay annuallv to each company 
four hundred dollars. The city was divided into several districts, 
and the territory to be assigned to each company was named in the 
ordinance. This system proved satisfactory for a time. But in suc- 
ceeding years, and until after the Civil War, there was nuich trouble 
experienced in the fighting of fires, and all led to the abolishment of 
the volunteer system in 1871. 

During the Civil War the members of the old vulunteer com- 
panies showed their i)atriotism bv willingly enlisting to defend the 
Union. During the four vears of the war nearly forty-five hundred 
men enlisted in the Philadelphia regiments, but during this jieriod 
there were plenty of willing substitutes to give the city fire ])rotec- 
tion. These substitutes accomplished a far greater service during 
the war than nierelv fighting fires bv giving great assistance to the 
thousands of wounded soldiers who were brought to the city from 
time to time. Many engine companies organized and maintained 
ambulance corps and comfortable ambulances. During the war 
period many officers of high rank were among those who shared the 
hospitality of the Philadelphia firemen. 

Firemen's parades have always attracted great crowds when 
held in the citv. The earliest records showing a \-olunteer firemen's 
parade date from Washington's birthday, February 22, 1832, and the 
demonstration then was a notable incident of the citv's earlv historv. 

(ireat Firemen's ... , . ' ' , 

Jubilee Parade For uiauv vcars this Washington's birthday parade was made a 
'" "**'^ feature. One of the most notable parades was that given October 

16, 1865, when there were in line one luni(lre(l ;uid two hose car- 
riages, fifty-.seven steam fire engines, twelve hook and ladder trucks, 
and twenty-six ambulances. Many companies from outside cities 
helped to make this great "]K'ace jubilee" the remarka1)le success 
which it was. 

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In tlic history of tiie volunteer fire department are to be found 
the names of many of the city's most prominent men. Judges, pro- 
fessional men, manufacturers and business men were, at one time or 
another, members of at least one of the companies. One of the 
features of those early days, and interesting at this time because of 
the general use of automobiles, was that in iS6o the Southwark Hose 
Company had a self-i)ropelling engine which traversed the streets on 
its own steam and on reaching a fire was always ready to pump 
water. 

Following the introduction of a paid fire department, the next 
great incident of vital interest to Philadelphia was the second anni- 
versarv of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In the 
one hundred years that had elapsed since that memorable da}- in 1776, 
Philadelphia had become one of the leading cities of the United 
States. The railroad, the telegraph, and other great inventions had 

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become realities, and Philadelphia decided to celebrate the centennial Celebration 
of the Declaration by holding a great 'international exhibition — the ^""^ Exhibition 
first successful World's Fair held in America. All the nations of 
the earth contributed to its success, and unaided by Congress Phila- 
delphia succeeded in giving to the world the best and the most com- 
prehensive exposition of the industrial arts ever presented. Others 
have since been given on much larger plans, but none was more 
successful. This exposition was located in Fairmount Park. Mam- 
moth buildings were erected and the grounds were beautified until all 
became the admiration of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who 
came to the city. 

The next imi)ortant municipal event of the nineteenth centurv 
was the adoption of the present charter of the city, known as the Act 
of 1885, or the "Bullitt Bill." Under this new charter all executive Adoption of 
power was centred in one head, the Mavor, who was made respon- *''^ City's 

Present 

sible for the whole administration to the people who elected him. charter 
A few subordinate heads of departments are appiiinted by and made 
responsible to the Mayor. A complete separation was made between 
the executive and the legislative branches of the city government. 

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Further, a slrini;-ent limitation was placed on its power to increase 
indebtedness, and the most careful regulations were made for the 
management of the city's financial matters. 

The closing of the nineteenth century in Philadelphia was 
made memorable by two very important events, one of which was 
almost national in its scope. That was the great Peace Jubilee in 
October, iS(;8, commemorating the successful closing of the Spanish- 
American War. Fully thirty thousand regular armv soldiers and 
volunteers, representing nearly all the States, together with Phila- 
delphia's Provisional Brigade, participated in this grand review, 
which was led by General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., and reviewed 
by President \\'illiam McKinley. 

The other important event was the practical beginning of 
the city's filtration works. For a number of years the citv suiTered Beginning of 
because of its poor water system, and towards the closing of the pj^t^aJo^ 
century plans were made for fiu-nishing to the people a better and System 
more adequate supply. In 1898 and 1899 these plans began to 




Centre Square Water Works '"''""• "" "''' ''«g'-"'"'g 

Erected iSoo — taken elown i8jS 
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I— View Showing Entrance to Three Filters 2— View Showing Interior of Clear Water 
with Sand Washers in Foreground Basin 



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mature, and hctwoen thi' years 1S99 and upi the detailed ])lans 
were ci)ni]ileted fur the ])uildin_o- of the i^reat system now practically 
finished. The actual construction of the new filtration i)lant was 
begun A])ril i, T(;oi, at Lower Roxborough, and one year later that 
section of the citv was the first to receive filtered water. This great 
system will be in full operation l)y the close of this year or 
early next \ear, when the city will haye a daily supply of nearly tiiree 
hundred and forty-five million gallons of filtered water. 

It is interesting to note here that Philadelphia uses more 
water i)er capita than any other city of the workl, and it has always 
been the aim of the city authorities to give to the ])eople all the 
water they needed in their homes. The following table shows the 
population and the water supplied to Philadelphia dail)-, and also a 
comparison with ten other cities : 

Gallons 
Population consumed Gallons 

supplied daily per capita 

Philadelphia... 1,254.000 297,188,000 -'_'(; 

Chicago 1,698,500 323,000,000 U)0 

St. Louis 400,000 63,530,000 T5<) 

Cleveland 420,000 66,900,000 1 59 

Detroit 306,055 44,800,000 146 

Boston 560,900 80,000,000 1 43 

Cincinnati .... 325,900 39,600,000 121 

New York.... 3,159,000 341,600,000 108 

Minneapolis... 202,718 18,813,000 <)3 

Milwaukee.... 300,000 24,000,000 80 

Indianapolis... 169,164 13,400,000 79 

The total cost of the Philadel])hia filtration system is about 

twentv-fom- million dollars, and it can be said that from the lime 

it was commenced to its completion, re(|uircd about ten years to 

build. The large ])lant at Torresdale is to-day one of the greatest 

attractions for engineers from all parts of the world, and is open 

to all visitors. 

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C H A PT E R E J G H TH 

PHILADELPHIA AND ITS HUNDREDS OF 
POINTS OF HISTORIC INTEREST THE 
MECCA OF TOURISTS AND PLEASURE- 
SEEKERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE fVORLD 




HILADELPHIA has at al! limes thousands of visitors 
from all parts of the world. Many of these are drawn 
hy the great manufacturing establishments ; others 
Wj^ to see the hundreds of places of historic interest. No- 
where else in America can be found, in so limited a 
space, such attractions to the student of history. The visitor, on Many Varied 
first reaching Philadelphia, is impressed bv the thousands of Attractions 
homes, by the wide streets, the good paving, the industrial visitor to See 
plants, the great stores, the famed institutions of learning, and 
numerous historic buildings which have been preserved ; and 
above all, from his first entrance to the city, with the improved 
conditions of life enjoyed by the middle class. Philadelphia is 
essentially an American city. Jt numbers close upon a million 
and a half happy and contented residents. 

To give more than a brief review of the places which a 
visitor should see on coming to this citv would require greater 
space than this volume permits; but enough will be named so 
that strangers may know something of the greatness of the city 
which is now celebrating the two hundred and twenty-fifth anni- 
versary of its founding. 

Within the i)ast ten years, or since the beginning of the 
twentieth century, the central section on all sides of the City 
Hall has been much beautified by the erection of many imposing- 
buildings. Here will also be seen the finest constructed and best 
equipped subway transportation system. Broad Street, running 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

north and south from the City Hall, originally laid out by 
William Penn, is the longest, the widest, and the best-paved 
thoroughfare of its kind in the world. Flanking it on both Broad street, 
sides, north and south, are many imposing structures — temples Lonees't ^Vvenue 
of learning, churches, residences, etc. East and west from the in the World 
City Hall is Market Street, destined to become one of the great- 
est business thoroughfares of any American city. Entering the 
city are three of the greatest railroads of the country, whose ter- 
minals are large and commodious. Through these great arteries 
of tra\'el thousands of business people enter and depart from the 
city daily. 

The visitor is also impressed with the numerous and well- 
kept public s(|uares which are to be found in every direction, and 
also, within a short distance from the City Hall, with Fairmount 
Park, the largest public playground in the world, containing 
nearly thirty-five hundred acres. 

Philadelphia's City Hall, which cost approximately twenty- 
five million dollars, occupies the site of a quadrangle, originally 
surveyed by William Penn as a public park, at the intersection 
of Broad and Market Streets. This building is the largest single 
structure in the world devoted exclusivelv to municipal purposes. 
Work was begun January 27, 1871, and with a few minor inter- 
ruptions, it has continued until a few years ago. The length of Philadelphia's 
the north and the south fronts is 470 feet, and that of the east su^gr^i, ^" 
and west fronts 486J/2 feet. The material used for both the City Hall 
building and its enormous tower is white marble from quarries 
at Lee, Massachusetts. On the exterior are 418 windows, and 
the interior space accommodates 634 rooms. The interior win- 
dows of its six floors face upon a courtyard approximately 200 
feet square, through which thousands of people pass daily. So 
large is this courtyard that a full division of infantry might be 
comfortably massed w'ithin its inclosure. Facing north and 
south Broad Street and east and west Market Street are grand 

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The Site of the City Hall 

Work on the erection of the present magnificent City Hall was started January 27. 1871. In this view 
can be seen the old freight station, the mule trains on Market Street and the Masonic Temple. 

archway entrances i8 feet wide and 36 feet high, richlv embel- 
lished with polished columns and beautiful sculpture. 

Surmounting the building, which is one of its most attract- 
ive features, is its great tower rising to a height of 547 feet 
nyi inches. This tower is go feet square at the base and its Tower 
walls are 2t, feet thick. Surmounting the marble and the iron •*^'"^''^* *<» " 

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work of the dome is a heroic statue of William Penn, the Five Hundred 
Founder, cast in l)ronze. This tower is 67 feet higher than the ''"'* Forty=seveii 

^ '^ Feet 

great Pyramid of bigypt ; o<) feet higher than St. Peter's Church, 

Rome ; t^j feet higher than the Cologne Cathedral, and nearly 
twice as high as the dome of the National Capitol at Washing- 
ton. The Washington Monument onlv exceeds its height bv 
S feet. 

In the tower is the great clock, 361 feet above the pave- 
ment. The diameter of the clock-face is 26 feet. The length of 

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tlic niinutc-lKuid is lo feet 8 inches and its weight is 22^ pounds. 

The length of tlie hour-liand is q feet and its weight is 175 

pounds. The hour marks are eaeli 38 inches long and 14 inches 

City Hall wide. The total weight of the clock installation com])lete is over 

ot ^ isi e ^^ tons. This clock was started December ^i, i8t)8. and has 

for Many • ^ ' y ' 

Miles since kej)! accurate time. One of the novel features in connec- 

tion wilh ihe running and management of this great timepiece 
is that at 3 minutes before <) o'clock each evening the corona of 
arc lamps encircling the tower is extinguished and lighted again 
at preciselv 9 o'clock. These lights, on a clear night, can be 
distinguished from elevated points for a distance of 25 miles from 
the city. 

The magnificent bronze statue of William Penn which sur- 
mounts the tower is 37 feet high and weighs 52,400 pounds. It 
was cast in 47 pieces and so skillfully joined that the most care- 
ful inspection fails to detect the junctures. The four great 
hanging stairways at the four angles of the building are master- 
pieces of architectural design and construction. 

Independence Hall, the "Cradle of Liberty," ne.xt to the 
City Hall is one of the city's greatest attractions. In it stands 
the nation's most priceless relic, the Liberty Bell. Work u])on 
this building was begun in 1729, and although it is located on 
Chestnut Street, between Fifth and Sixth, it was then far beyond 
The Old the heart of the city. Its style of architecture was after that 

State House, ,,f J^ j^,)]i(i ^ed brick mansion of the Georgian era, although its 

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of Liberty" well-known steeple, which was added at a later date, was ])at- 

lerncd after the Queen Anne style. As a whole, the building is 
referred to as a good s])ecimen of the jjalace architecture known 
during the reign of Queen .\nne. To-day the State Llouse, as it 
was first known, stands as it did during the days of the Revolu- 
tion, having been restored to its original condition in 1895. The 
building was intended for the Assembly of the Province of Penn- 
sylvania, bv which body it was first occui)ied in October, 1735. 
It then was without the steeple. The first steps toward the 

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building of a tower and steeple were taken in 1749 and com- 
pleted in 1 75 1. In I7<'^4 this steeple was taken down by reason 
of the decaying" of some of the wood-work. Until 1828 nothing 
was done toward restoring" the steeple, when Comicils made an 
appropriation of tA\elve thousand dollars for a new one. At that 
time the Liberty Bell, then a \'enerated object, was placed in an 
ui)iier stor}' of the building and a new bell suspended in the 
tower. 

In 1790, and for the next ten years, the State House 
served as the capitol of the nation. In the building at the south- 
east corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets, then known as Con- 





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Second City Hall, Philadelphia, 1707 to 1735 



Where 
Washington, 
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Inaugurated 



gress Hall, Washington and Adams were inaugurated for their 
second terms as President and \'icc-President, and there also 
Thomas JelTersdii was inaugurated President in 1797. The huild- 
ing has also heen used for L'niled States courts and district 
courts, and almost all kinds of triljunals have at different times 
heen accommodated within its sacred walls. In i!^54. when the 
city proper was consolidated with the twenty-eight districts, town- 
ships and horoughs in Philadelphia County, the City governmeiii 
determined upon using the State House and gave notice to the 
United States courts to remove from the second story. Im'oiu 
that time until .March. |S(J5, Citv Councils occupied the second 
floor, the east chamher over Inde])endence Hall heing fitted u\) 

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Third City Hall, Philadelphia, 1735 to 1894 



for Select Council and the west one for Common Council. Prior Seat of the 

to i8s4, the Citv government was quartered in the buildina: at '''^^ Government 

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the southwest corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets. Years 

Until 1S64 the Liberty Bell remained upon a frame in 
the tower. Then it was taken to the east room on the second 
floor, known as Independence Hall, in which the Declaration was 
signed. There it remained on exhibition for manv vears. In 
the Centennial year, 1876, the Bell was taken from its pedestal 
and hung in the tower by a chain of thirteen links, and in this 
commanding position, far from the reach of the hands of van- 
dals, it remained until January, 1885, when it was lowered to be 
taken on its second journey from the city, its destination being 

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Fourth and Present City Hall, from 1894 



New Orleans. Since that time the I'.cU lias been exliihiled at 
Atlanta, at Chicago, at Charleston, at lioslon, ami at ."^1. Louis. 
The sacred relic is now shown in a ijlass ca.se in ihc main 
entrance li> tlic l)uil(lin,L;-. .Since iSi)5. at which time the restoration 
of the State llimse was com])lete<l. the structure has !)een used 
as a ])ul)lic museum of Colonial and l\e\-olutionary relics. 

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Carpenters" Hall, another relic of Revolutionary days, stands 
to the south of Chestnut Street, between Third and Fourth Streets. 
Within its noted walls Henry, Hancock and Adams addressed the 
delegates from all the Colonies relative to their independence. It 
was here that the first Continental Congress met, and the first Carpenters' 
prayer in the Congress was made by the rector of Christ p<,urth and 
Church, on the day after the false report was received that Bos- Chestnut streets 
ton had been bombarded and destroyed by the British. Here, 
also, the first Provincial Assembly met. During the occupancy 
of Philadelphia by the British the building was used as head- 
quarters for the officers. It was next used by the United States 
Bank. The building was erected in 1770 for a meeting place 
for the house carpenters of Philadelphia, hence its name. Fol- 
lowing the Revolution, the building passed from one owner to 
another until it finally became an auction house. 

Fairmount Park, the largest public playground in the 
world, within the borders of any municipality, is a great tract 
of land comprising 3418 acres. It was first brought into inter- 
national prominence through the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. 
It is situated on both sides of the Schuylkill River, in the 
western and northwestern part of the city, and extends from its Largest Public 
east entrance westward three and one-half miles; northward, five Pieasure=Qround 
and one-half miles along the river to the extreme northwestern 
boundary of the city, and a further distance of six and one-half 
miles along the beautiful Wissahickon Creek. The nucleus of 
this great pleasure-ground was the purchase by the city, in 
June, 1812, of five acres of Morris's hill, at Twentv-fifth and 
Spring Garden Streets, for water works and park purposes. In 
1828, by additional purchases of land, the park contained 28 
acres. The Lemon Hill estate was bought in 1865 and dedicated 
as Fairmount Park. Since that time other large tracts were 
either bought or donated to the city. One portion of the origi- 
nal tract was the residence of John Penn, the last Colonial Gov- 
ernor of Pennsylvania. Another tract belonged to Judge Peters. 



OFFICIAl. 11 ISTdKH. Al. SOLNKX IK 

who was Secretary of War of tlic Colonies during the Revolu- 
tion. The mansion of juci^e Peters, and other historical build- 
ings within the Park limits, remain to-day as they were during 
Revolutionary times. Among these is the country-seat of Robert 

.Morris, tin.- financier of the Rc\'olution, which building is now 
known as llclnionl Mansion. 

Among the modern buildings and places of public interest 
in Fairniount Park are Memorial 1 lall and Horticultural liall, 
both of which were built for the Centennial Exhi1)ition. Memo- 
rial J lall was built bv the State at a cost of one and a lialf mil- 
The City's - 

Large Art liou dollars and was originally inteiulcd for a State Capitol build- 

Loi ection j^^^. j^ contains at this time a very large collection of celebrated 

paintings, the ])roi)erty of the city. Numerous other relics and 
curios are included in the building's exhibits. HorticuUur.al Hall 
was erected bv the cit\. It contains a magnificent colk-ctioii of 
plants and botanical specimens from many lands. 

b'airmount Park has not been artificially decorated. The 
lower Sclnulkill section, nearly 2300 acres, contains a half mil- 
lion trees and shrubs. Among these are nearly thirty-five hun- 
dred furest trees, with some rare specimens eighteen to twenty- 
eight feet in circumference. These contain three hundred and 
twentv-one genera and six hundred and fifty varieties of herba- 
ceous aiul crv|)togamous plants. These llowers and shrubs lorm 
the remarkable features of the Park. The Schuylkill River, 
within its borders, has an average width of a (|uarter of <a mile 
and on both sides is lined with magnificent carriage dri\-es and 
footwavs, numerous costly statues and, at its lower section, a 
long row of hand.some boat-hou.ses. It is spanned b\- halt a 
dozen magnificent bridges. Wissahickon Creek, which emiilies 
into the Schuylkill, is one of the most remarkable of all known 
small streams as a tvpe of ])urely romantic scenery. Its drive- 
ways and footways pass through a ravine heavily wooded. At 
its northern extremity is a statue erected to the memory of the 

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Early View of the Falls of Schuylkill 



chief of the Lenni Lenape Indians, tlie last of the Indians to 
settle in these parts. 

Among the notable pieces of statuary within the Park 
may be mentioned the Washington Monument, the gift of the 
Society of the Cincinnati, which stands at the Parkway entrance; 
the statue of Coluniljus, which is believed to be the first erected ivotabie 
in any park in the United States; the statue of Religious Lib- statuary 
erty; the statues of Humboldt, Abraham Lincoln, and Gen. p^^,^ Limits 
George Gordon Meade, the hero of Gettysburg; Morton McMichael, 
former Mayor of Philadelphia ; Commodore Berry, of Revolu- 
tionary fame, and many others. Included in the Park limits, 
near the Thirty-fourth Street entrance, is the house of William 
Penn, which was carefully removed in 1S83 from its original 
site on Letitia Street, near Front and Market Streets. In the 

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City Famous 
for its 
Zoological 
Gardens 



East Park is located Mount Pleasant, wliich was the tornier 
residence of Benedict Arnold. This Iniilding was erected in 1782. 
Anions;- the frequent visitors to the original site of the Park were 
^\'ashin^■t(^n, i'"ranklin, Rittenhouse, Morris, jeffersun and La- 
fayette. 

Adjoining;- the Park on the west side of the Schuylkill, 
at (iirai-d .\\cnuo. are the Philadeljihia Zoological Gardens, 
which were established in 1S74 ;ind are famous throughout the 
world. The g'ardens are beautifully laid out and cover an area 
of 35 acres of ground. Part of this tract was originally the 
estate of John Penn. grandson of the founder of Philadelphia, 
whose mansion, Solitude, still stands in its original condition 
near the centre of the grounds. Since its establishment nearlv 
a millidu dollars has been s]ient in erecting buildings and caring 
for the vast collections. The aggregation of animals is regarded 
as not only the finest in this country, but e(|ual to the best of 
the long-established institutions of like nature in Europe. The 
buildings are erected to combine architectural efYect and special 
fitness for iheir purposes. The Carnivora house is of brick, 
over two hundred feet long, with outside cages for summer use 
on one side, and contains fine specimens of lion, tiger, leopard 
and sun-bear. The Elephant house, one of the largest of the 
buildings, is the home of a number of elephants, an enormous 
India rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and other large animals. The 
dozen other buildings within the grounds have specimens of 
manv of the world's wild animals, I)irds, rcijtiles, etc. In one 
section of the grounds are inclosures for a large herd of butTalo, 
camels, elk and prairie-dogs, lakes for swans and ducks, a 
beaver pond, and other attractive exhibits. A full day can well 
be spent visiting the gardens. 

Special mention must be made of the churches of Phila- 
delphia. It can be said that the religious character of the 
people of Philadeli)hia, their devotion to and attendance at the 
services of the church, far exceeds that of any other city of the 

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country. This niav be attributed to a number of causes, one of 
tlie principal being- due to tlie large Quaker element. Another 
cause is the fact that Philadelphia is emphatically a city of 
homes. 

Notable among the churches of the city is the ancient 
Episcopal Church of Gloria Dei, better known as Old Swedes. 
Its history is perhaps more interesting than that of any other 
church in the country. It is in a perfect state of preservation 
upon the original site. More than half a century before Penn is a City 
arrived, the Swedes, who occupied these parts, erected a rude ** "'^'^ ^^ 
church constructed of logs. The church was then known as 
the Block House, and it also served as a fort to defend the 
settlers from attacks bv the Indians. The old Inhlding stood 
until 1700, when it was torn down and the present structure of 
brick erected in its place. Services were conducted in the 
Swedish language until 1818. 

Another notable building is Christ Church, located on 
Second Street above Market, which at one time was the fashion- 
able residential section of the city. The church, erected in 1727, 
was completed in 1774, and was the place of worship of Wash- 
ington, Franklin, and many other men of distinction. 

Philadelphia has close upon seven hundred Sunday-schools, 
in which upward of two hundred and fifty thousand children 
are instructed. These are the largest figures given for any 
American citv in regard to the proportion of percentage of 
attendance to the whole population. 

As Philadelphia is noted for her educational facilities, par- 
ticular reference must be made to Girard College, endowed by 
Stephen Girard, which is one of the greatest and noblest chari- _^ , 

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ties in the world. Stephen Girard, the founder, was born in and College 
Bordeaux, France, May 20, 1750. When twenty-six years old "^ Founded 
he came to this city. He assumed citizenship, Imilt ships and 
prospered, proved a patriot in periods of war, and a hero in the 
awful days of the yellow fever scourge of 1793. During the 

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I — Magnificent River Drive 2 — Statue of Grant 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

war of 1812 he financetl the Government. He became also a 
merchant prince of liis day. At the time of his death, Decem- 
ber 26, 1831, at the age of eighty-one years, it was found that 
he had devised his entire fortune of about seven milhon dollars 
to the erection of a great educational home for poor boys, pref- 
erence being given first to those of Philadelphia ; then from the 
State of Penns}h'ania and Xew York City, and lastlv of New 
Orleans. The grounds of the college, which were formerly 
Girard's farm, are located to the west of Ridge A\'enue and ha\'e 
a south frontage of nearly a mile at an acute angle with Girard 
Avenue and Poplar Street. The area is 40 acres. Fourteen 
principal buildings, of ditf'erent types of architecture, form the 
college group. The main building, of the Greek type, is the 
finest example of this form in the United States. \\'ithin its 
walls are the tomb and statue of its founder. The cost of the 
land and buildings was u])ward of three ijiillion dollars. Nearly 
two thousand pupils, with a force of o\-er one hundred teachers, 
are accommodated. 

Included among the educational institutions of the city 
must be mentioned the Franklin Institute, located on Seventh 
Street l)elo\v [Market. It was founded in 1824, especiallv for the 
promotion of the mechanic arts. Its membership includes manu- 
facturers, mechanics, engineers, ijrofessional men, and others in- „ ^ ,. 

* ' Home of the 

terested in science in the industrial arts. Its library includes Franklin 
over fifty thousand volumes, thirtv thousand pamphlets, and "**''^"*^ 
twenty-five thousand maps and charts, all exclusively scientific 
and technical in character. It embraces, besides all the standard 
and current works on mechanics, physics and chemistry, the pub- 
lications of the principal scientific and technical societies of the 
world. The first exhibition of American manufacturers was 
given under the direction of the Institute in 1824, in Carpenters' 
Hall. Since that time many other exhibitions have been held. 

Founded shortly after the University of Pennsylvania was 
the American Philosophical Society, the oldest scientific society in 

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America. Organized by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, it was 
the outgrowth of the famous Junta, which dates from 1727. 
Upon the roll of membership from the early days are to be 
found the names of some of the greatest men in the country's Oldest Scientific 
history. Its building on Fifth Street, within the shadow of Inde- America '" 
pendence Hall, contains over sixty thousand volumes and manu- 
scripts. This building was commenced in 1785, and from the 
years 1789 to 1794 sheltered the University of Pennsylvania. 
Memories of Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, Rittenhouse and 
Bishop White, who were closely identified with the city's early 
history and scientific development, cluster around the building. 
Charles W. Peale, the famous artist, occupied the second-story 
room in ihe last five years of the eighteenth century as a studio, 
and it was there beside the old fireplace, which still remains, 
that he painted the celebrated portrait of Washington. 

Among the scientific institutions of Philadelphia well wor- 
thy of a visit is the Academy of the Natural Sciences, at Nine- 
teenth and Race Streets. It was founded in 1812, its object 
being the encouragement of original research in the natural sci- 
ences. It has a museum and library which is unexcelled in collections 
America. The collection of shells is believed to be the largest '" Academy 

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in the world. its ornithological cabinet contains twenty-seven sciences 
thousand mounted specimens and more than five thousand un- 
mounted. Among its special features are the Gould collection of 
Australian birds, the Bonaparte collection of European birds, and 
other large collections of birds from Africa and Asia. The col- 
lection of fossils is one of the most remarkable in the United 
States. Every department of natural history is satisfactorily 
represented. 

The Plistorical Society of Pennsylvania is another institu- 
tion of Philadelphia devoted to the preservation of valuable 
relics, documents, and books relating to the history of the State 
and city which is well worth visiting. Its library contains about 
forty thousand volumes. Among the priceless volumes is the 

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Bradford Prayer-book of 1710. The original Penn Charter for 
the city is another of the Society's noted treasures. Among the 
paintings which adorn the walls of the building is an authentic 
portrait of William Penn, which was presented to the institution 
by his grandson, Granville Penn, of Stoke Poges, England, in 
1833. From him also was received a second portrait of Penn 
showing the founder at the age of twenty-two years. 

Of great interest to Philadelphia is the Pennsylvania 
Academy of the Fine Arts, the oldest art institution in America. 

■' Oldest Art 

It was founded in 1805 and chartered m the next year. Its first institution in 
president was George Clymer, who was one of the signers of the America 
Declaration of Independence. During its century of existence 
the Acadeiii}- has accumulated many magnificent works of art. 
Best known of all Philadelphia's institutions of learning 
is the University of Pennsylvania. Since its founding in 1743 
by Benjamin Franklin it has become famed the world over. In 
that year Franklin drew up a plan for establishing an Academy, 
and six years later published his new ideas in a pamphlet entitled 
"Proposals Relating to the Education of Youths in Pennsylva- 
nia." In 1 75 1 the Academy was formally opened, with Latin, 
English and mathematical schools. In 1753 the Latin and philo- 
sophical schools were referred to as "The College." In 1765 The University 
there was added to the College a medical professorship, thus »' Pennsylvania 
establishing the first medical school in America During the 
British occupation of Philadelphia the College was closed, but on 
November 27, 1779, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania cre- 
ated a new corporation under the title of the Trustees of the 
State of Pennsylvania. Two years later the Assembly created a 
new corporation — the Trustees of the University of Pennsylva- 
nia — with three departments. Arts, Law, and Medicine. In- 
cluded in the Arts department was the German school. Oriental 
languages were also taught. This was the first German profes- 
sorship in America. The first professorship of law in America 
was established in the College in 1790, with Justice James Wil- 

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son, of the Supreme Court of the United States, as professor. 
This law school was formally opened December 15, 1790, in the 
presence of President Washington, members of his Cabinet, mem- 
bers of both hnu.ses of Congress, judges of the courts, and State _. . , 

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and citv officials. In 1802 the University moved to a building School in the 
on the present site of the Post Office, Chestnut and Ninth Streets, '^"""*'">' 
and remained there until 1871, when the present property in 
West Philadelphia was acquired. The University at the present 
time has nearly fr)ur thousand students, five hundred teachers, 
and more than fiftv halls, lil)raries, dormitories, fraternity houses, 
etc. Its handsome and well-equipped buildings, some of them 
the finest in the world, are well worth a visit. 

In closing- up this chapter of places and points of interest 
mention can only be made of the locations of many institutions 
which should lie visited. Among these are the Drexel Institute, 
at Thirty-second and Chestnut Streets, "founded by Anthony J. yy^„y piaces 
Drexel for the promotion of education in art, science and indus- Which visitors 
tr)'; the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, at 
Broad and Pine Streets, founded in 1876, for the purpose of 
developing the art industries of the State; the School of Design 
for Women, foundetl in 1844, the oldest and most complete school 
of applied art in the United States ; the Ridgeway Library, 
Broad and Christian Streets, built after the design of a Doric 
temple, and which is the most elaborate library building in the 
country; and the magnificent Widener Reference Library, at 
Broad Street and Girard Avenue, which contains a remarkable 
Shakespearean collection. 

The visitor to the city must include in his tour the Post 
Office lluilding at Xintli, Market and Chestnut Streets; the new 
United States Mint, Seventeenth and Spring Garden Streets, the 
largest institution of its kind in the world and possessing the 
finest numismatic collection in this countr\-; Alasonic Temple, 
opposite the City llall, the largest building devoted exclusively 
to Masonry in the world, and which is most elaborately deco- 

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Fairmount Park and City Statuary 
i_Washington Monument 2— Lincoln Monument 

3 — Stephen Girard 
5 — William McKinley 



4 — Benjamin Franklin 
6 — John Christian Bullitt 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

rated; Odd Fellows Temple, on Broad Street above Arch; the 
Free Library, on Chestnut Street above Twelfth, established by 
Franklin and his associates, the oldest in America ; the Academy 
of Music, at Broad and Locust Streets ; and the many magnifi- 
cent trust, l)ank and office buildings on Broad, Chestnut and 
Market Streets. 

A few words relative to a number of statues in Phila- 
delphia, all of which are really descriptive of the development 
of Philadelphia, will not be out of place. Many of them are 
to the memories of men whose names figure in the important 
early history of the city. Among these may be mentioned the 
statue to Benjamin Franklin on the Post Ofiice pavement ; the 
statues of Penn in the Pennsylvania Hospital ; the statue of 
Penn surmounting the City Hall ; of Stephen Girard on the City 
Hall pavement ; the statue of Girard in the Girard College 
grounds, presented by the city; of Commodore Stephen Decatur, 
in St. Peter's graveyard. Fourth and ' Pine Streets ; of Com- 
modore John Barry, in Independence Scjuare; of General John 
Fulton Reynolds on the City Llall pavement ; of General George 
B. McClellan on the City Hall pavement; of General George 
G. Meade, the hero of Gettysburg, in West Fairmount Park; 
of John Christian Bullitt, author of the present City Charter, on 
the City Hall pavement; of Dr. Joseph Leidy, on the City Hall 
pavement; of Frederick Graff, engineer of the first water works, 
Fairmount Park; of Matthias W. Baldwin, founder of the Bald- 
win Locomotive Works, Broad and Spring Garden Streets; of 
Thomas Godfrey, inventor of the mariner's quadrant, in North 
Laurel Hill Cemetery ; of John Fitch, the inventor of the first 
steamboat, in Laurel Hill Cemetery; the John Welsh Memorial 
Fountain and Garden in front of Memorial Hall, West Fair- 
mount Park; the statues of Elisha Kent Kane, the Arctic 
explorer, and Commodore Isaac Hull; Thomas McKean, signer 
of the Declaration of Independence ; Rear Admiral Dahlgren, in 
Laurel Hill Cemetery; the Yellow Fever Monument, in North 

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Laurel Hill Cemetery, erected 1859 by the citizens in memory 
of the Philadelphians who sacrificed their lives fighting the fever 
in the South; the Washington Monument, the gift of the Society 
of the Cincinnati, at the Green Street entrance of Fairmount 
Park; the marble statue of Washington, in Conversation Hall, 
City Hall ; the wooden statue of Washington, Independence Hall ; 
the bronze monument of Abraham Lincoln, equestrian statue of 
General (irant, bust of President Garfield, all in Fairmount 
Park; the bust of President McKinley, in the Post Office; the 
heroic statue of President McKinley on the City Hall pavement 
— and many others in the city and in the confines of Fairmount 
Park. 

Of national interest will be the monument to be erected 
in Germantown to the memory of Francis Daniel Pastorius, 
founder of Germantown, the corner-stone of which will be laid 
on Tuesday, October 6th. by the Gernian Societies of Philadel- 
phia. This monument, part of the cost of which will be defrayed 
by the Government, was designed b\- J. Otto Schweizer, a resi- 
dent of Germantown. 

So far as its department stores are concerned, Philadel- _. , ^, 

'■ Finest Stores 

phia has without question the finest in anv American city. Each in Any 
store in itself is an exposition, and one of the features is that '^'"^'■"^^" '*y 
strangers may enter all without the least intention of making- 
purchases. 

It is proper to call attention to the Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association of Philadelphia, organized in 1853, o"^ '^^ the 
oldest in this country. Its rooms are always open to strangers 
in the city. Within a short time the handsome new home on 
Arch Street west of Broad will be completed. Branches of the 
Association are located in all ])arts of the citv. 



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Philadelphia Church Buildings 
I — Friends' Meeting House 2 — The Advocate (Episcopal) 

3— Keneseth Israel 4— Arch Street M. E. Church 

6— Grace Baptist Temple 7— Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul 

5 — Bethany Presbyterian Church 



C H A PTE R N I N TH 

PHILADELPHIA, AS A MANUFACTURING 
CITY, TURNS OUT ANNUALLY FROM 
ITS FACTORIES PRODUCTS WORTH OVER 
SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS 



I2\HE City of Philadelphia is officially classed as third in 
the list of manufacturing cities of the United States; 



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in manufacturing from raw materials direct, 
Philadelphia stands first of all the manufacturing cities 
of the country. To tell of everything that Philadel- 
phia is foremost in would be to enumerate nearly all the im- 
portant articles needed not only by this country but also by 
foreign countries. Philadelphia annually manufactures more 
than $600,000,000 worth of products. To produce this vast 
amount of materials an army of more than 255,000 workers is 
constantly employed. 

Here many American industries had their birth. And the 
years have seen them grow and expand to enormous proportions. 
Thousands of other industrial plants have centred here because 
of the facilities which this city offers. Its eligible location on Birthplace 
two tide-water rivers, its proximity to regions of inexhaustible "^ '^^"■^ 

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coal and iron ore. and its unsurpassed railroad facilities have industries 
combined with many other advantages, natural and acquired, to 
make Philadelphia a great industrial centre. Here American 
ingenuity has won some of its signal triumphs and American 
skill developed into finest execution, while financial resources and 
business acumen have guided both safely along conservative lines 
to the highest pinnacle of success. 

Philadelphia's industrial greatness is largely due to the 
diversification of its manufactures. From the five great raw ma- 

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terials — iron, steci, cotton, wool and Inniber — nearly everything 
into which they enter is made in this city. Almost everything 
needed in this enlightened age — from needles to locomotives, from 
buttons to clothing, from matches to furniture — is made here. 
Some of the greatest manufacturing plants of the country are 
located within the boundary of the city and the operatives of any 
one of them, if transported to some other place, would constitute 
a good-sized city of itself. 

But it is not only in iron and steel manufacture that 
Philadelphia outstrips other cities. In carpets and ruars alone „,^ 

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the annual output is valued at over $25,000,000; in leather, city Outstrips 
nearly $24,000,000; in hosiery and knit goods, $16,000,000; in '^" ^^*^"^ 
woolen goods, $12,000,000; felt goods, $6,000,000; in upholstery 
goods, $3,000,000. The iron and steel industries give Philadel- 
phia first place for these and many other products. 

Other great industries, in which -the city takes second and 
third place as compared with other centres, are the refining of 
sugar and molasses, of which Philadelphia's output is about 
$37,000,000; the manufacture of worsted goods, the value of 
which is about $27,000,000; clothing, about $31,000,000; printing 
and publishing, about $30,000,000; knit goods, about $15,000,000; 
chemicals, druggists' preparations, dyeing and finishing, textiles, 
cordage, fertilizers, cigars, cigarettes, silk and silk goods, shirts, 
confectionery, furniture, pens, shoes, machinery of every kind — 
all producing millions of dollars' worth of goods annually. 

In the manufacture of utilities for transportation by land 
and sea, Philadelphia not only supplies the greater part of this 
country's demands, but has become an important factor in meet- 
ing the requirements of other countries. With some of the lareest „ 

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ship-building plants located on the Delaware River, this city to the Entire 
offers the best facilities for world-wide competition in the con- ^'^ 
struction of war-ships, merchantmen and every kind of steam or 
sail craft. In this line Philadelphia has always been a leader. 
At the time when Penn founded the city in 1683 the Swedes 

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I — Masonic Temple 
2 — Women's Christian Association 4 — Young Men's Christian Association 
3 — Odd Fellows' Temple 5 — Pennsylvania Railroad Branch Y. M. C. A. 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

built boats on the Delaware. Penn himself began to promote 
ship-building shortly after he founded the city. Many large ves- 
sels engaged in the West India trade were built at yards located 
on the river in the vicinity of the present South Street and Race 
Street. 

The real birth of Philadelphia as a ship-building centre 
actually began during the administration of President Washing- 
ton, when an Act was passed prohibiting the registry of foreign- 
built vessels. This Act, as amended and enlarged December 31, 
1792, still stands as the basis of the navigation laws of the 
United States. Prior to that time no ship larger than 300 tons 
was built in this city- The first ships of the United States Navy 
were Iiuilt here in a yard in the old district of Southwark, below f^r Navy 
Old Swedes Church. This was the shipyard of Joshua Hum- Built Here 
phreys. On its site now stands the Washington Avenue grain 
elevator, the only landmark remaining in the neighborhood of the 
old church. Among the first ships built in Humphreys's yard 
was the frigate Philadelphia, which brought fame to Commodore 
Stephen Decattu-. There also was built the United States^ the 
forty-four gun ship, one of the three, of which the Constitution 
alone remains, which was equal to anything afloat at the time. 
Many of the designs of those first war vessels have been used 
in nearly all the ships since built for the navy. 

From the year 1830 dates the beginning of the great ship- 
yards in the Kensington District, there being then no less than 
fourteen ship-building companies along the Delaware. So exten- 
sive are all these vast establishments that they are looked upon 
more in the light of a public institution than a profit enterprise. 
Philadelphia-built ships are to be found in all parts of the world. 
Many of the battleships of foreign nations and a large number 
of fast transatlantic liners were built by Philadelphia workmen. 
Philadelphia is first in shipbuilding in the entire Western Hemi- 
sphere, and probably second to none in the world. 

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"Old Ironsides" 

The first locomotive built by tlie Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1832 



In the manufacture of locomotives Philadelphia has the 
distinction of having the largest establishment in the United 
States. Its product is sent to all parts of the world. Dating 
from 1832, when Matthias W. Baldwin built his first locomo- 
tive. "Old Ironsides," to the present time, over 25,000 locomo- 
tives have been built at the Baldwin works. Its main plant, in 
the centre of the city at Broad and Spring Garden Streets, is 
one of our greatest attractions. Fifteen thousand workmen are 
employed and the output is about 2500 locomotives annually. 

In the textile industries, Philadelphia has achieved phe- 
nomenal success and world-wide importance. This includes the 
manufacture of textile machinery as well as fabrics. In these 
trades more than 100,000 operatives are employed, and their an- 
nual wages exceed $50,000,000. In the manufacture of silks, 
woolen and worsted goods, lace curtains, oilcloth and many other 
fabrics, this city has a reputation limited only l)y the confines of 
civilization. The United States census shows that in two wards 

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of tliis cily more car])cls are manufactured llian in the entire 
kingdom of (Ireat Britain. \\'itliin a radius of live miles of the 
Cily Hall, nine-tenths of all the carpets woven in the United 
States are made. livery variety of carpet and ru<;- known to the 
trade is nianufactui"ed in this citv, from the primitive rag carpet 
to the finest (pialily rui;', eipial in the hest made ahroad. 

Of knit t;<)ods and liosierv Philade!])hia produces more 
than any other city in the world. In stockings alone the fac- 
tories make more than all Philadelphia could wear in a lifetime. 
The last industrial census shows the annual value of the hosiery 
and knit goods made in this city as over $15,000,000. Hut these 
figures are far lielow the real output. A more recent estimate 
places the value of men's and women's underwear at dduhle that 
amount and shows the capital inxested in machinery and mills 
alone is ahout $10,000,000. There are over two hundred mills 
devoted exclusively to the manufacture of hosiery. Our hosiery 
manufacturers pride themselves on their ahility to produce a 
hetter stocking at a lower ])rice than can he made in Europe. 
Jn the manufacture of knitting machinerv Philadelphia also 
excels. Much of the product of local estahlishments is sent to 
all parts of the world. There are about half a dozen manufac- 
tories engaged in this one particular line, the annual out|)ut of 
which is conservatively valued at o\-er $5,000,000. 

In silks and silk goods, in which the annual i)riKluct now 
is over $5,000,000, F'hiladelphia is rapidly becoming a leader. 
The founding of this industry here dates back only thirty-five 
Silk Industry years; realh' the date of the beginning of silk-making in the 
's Well United .States. More than a hundred firms are engaged in the 

manufacture of various lines of silk goods in the city, among 
which may be mentioned broad silks, ribbons, ])lushes, velvets, 
curtains, and the entire line of silk u])b(ilster\- goods, cords, 
braids, military trimmings, dress and I'ur trimmings. While 
Philadelphia is a leader in wnnlcn and cotton goods, it also was 
the first city in the country to produce linen goods. In this 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

newest branch of the textile trade home capital, labor and enter- 
prise have been very successful. The first machinery used by 
the manufacturers was purchased abroad; flax was secured in 
Russia and Ireland; but since that time the business, with the 
invention of American machinery, has grown into one of the 
city's most noted industries. 

Another industry centred in this city is the tanning and 
glazing of leather, and its manufacture into an infinite variety of 
goods for manv inirposes is conducted along the most extensive _ ... , 

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lines. In the items of clothing and underwear, Philadelphia mer- the Leather 
chants and manufacturers have won the highest reputation " "^'""^ 
throughout the United States, not only for the volume of busi- 
ness done in these lines but for the superior cjuality and relia- 
bility of the articles produced. And this applies to all products 
made in Philadelphia, their manufacture in this city really giving 
them in the trade the stamp of genuineness and solid worth. 

Philadelphia has won fame and ])restige in the making of 
fine furniture. The census of 1905 showed that there were 89 
establishments in this city and the value of their annual output 
was close to $6,000,000. While Philadelphia may not hold first 
place in furniture making, it is generally admitted that the qual- 
ity is of the highest order. 

The brewers of Philadelphia are noted for producing a 
superior quality of beer, ale and porter, and in volume of busi- 
ness this city stands close to the head of the brewing industry 
in America. 

In the manufacture of food products, chemicals, medical 
and surgical instruments, and thousands of other articles that 
enter largely into the world's commerce, Philadelphia occupies a 
foremost position. 

\\'hen it is considered that there are upward of twenty 
thousand manufacturing establishments in this citv, it will be 
seen that it is impossible to describe the development of all the 
various trades. That same commercial enterprise which has car- 

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3 — Bingham House 
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225TH AXXIVKRSARV FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

ried their productions to every American trading- i)oint and into 

every American home will continue to carry them with con- Twenty 

stanth' increasino- volume across the seas to the people of every '^"^^'^ 

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country. To Philadelphia's merchants and manufacturers the Plants 
highest credit is due for their untiring and determined eti'orts 
for the expansion of the country's export trade. It is largely 
due to them that the Philadelphia Commercial Museum was 
established. 

This summary of Philadelphia's manufactures would not 
be complete unless reference was made to the advance electricity 
has made in the industrial economy of business and home life. 
It was here that Benjamin Franklin first drew the subtle fluid 
from the clouds. And it was here, less than thirty years ago, 
that the first practical use of electricity for public lighting was a Leader 
shown ui3on our streets. Philadelphia's electric i)lants compare '" ■"^'^'"S 

. . . . . Electrical 

well with those of any other city in the world. The power dis- Goods 
tributed by these plants is rapidly revolutionizing the industrial 
\\orld. It was soon shown that what could he d(ine by the 
steam engine could l)e done more conyenientl_\- and at less cost 
to the consumer by the use of the electric motor. One of the 
results of the general use of the electric current was the develop- 
ment of a new industry for Philadelphia — that (if making electric 
machinery, appliances and equipments. Electric cars are made 
here for all the American cities, and the finest class of electric 
engines and varied forms of household utensils in which elec- 
tricity is the motive power. These include stoves, boilers, ovens, 
fans, heaters, sterilizers, and hundreds of other articles. 




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Philadelphia Hospital Buildings 
I — Methodist Episcopal 2— St. Agnes 

3 — German 4 — Hahnemann 

5— Medico-Chirurgical 6 — Pennsylvania 



CHAPTER TEN TH 

PHILADELPHIA BOASTS OF SUPERB 
RAILIFJT &f STEAMSHIP SERVICE & 
A LOCAL SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION 
SECOND TO NONE IN THE COUNTRY 




O FAR as transportation facilities are concerned, both 
l)y land and hy water, Philadelphia boasts of as good 
,, as anv other citv in the United States. Only in New 
^ York, which is the great metropolis of the Western 
Hemisphere and but a few miles from the ocean, are 
the water facilities better than here. So far as rail- 
road transportation is concerned Philadelphia claims the best in 
the country. In the matter of local transportation facilities, 
Philadelphia's electric system is second to none. 

While New York controls most of the import and export 
trade of the United States, this city is fast becoming its only 
rival. The aggregate of exports from Philadelphia is over 
$100,000,000 annually, with the imports close to $70,000,000. Land and 
The deepening- of the Delaware River channel to thirty feet, ^^t^"" 
which is now being carried to completion l)y the United States 
authorities, assisted by State and City governments, will give to 
Philadelphia an ocean-going trade which will develop rajjidly in 
the future. 

At the jjresent time there are over twenty foreign steam- 
ships carrying passengers and freight to all the large European 
terminals. In addition there are regular lines connecting with all 
the principal cities on the Atlantic coast and with Culian and 
South American ports. A trip along the river front will show 
many vessels loading or unloading cargoes. In respect to these, 
it should be specially noted that among the shipments from this 

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city in whioli Pliiladelphia is a leader, is refined oil. Fully forty 
per cent, of the petroleum shipped from America goes from this 
port. The annual total is hetween six and seven hundred mil- 
liim gallons, representing a value approximately of $25,000,000. 

In the shipment of cereals of all kinds Philadelphia is a 
leader, and the shipper has facilities which are unsurpassed. To 
meet the requirements of this great trade, extensive loading piers 
and commodiotts terminals have been erected, monster grain eleva- 
tors have been built, and railroad tracks have been run alcjng 
the ri\-er front to accommodate this growing commerce. Not only Great 
in oil and cereals is Philadelphia a leader, but also in coal, ^i Cereals, 
This is due to the fact that Philadelphia is within a short dis- Coal and Oil 
tance of the onlv large mines of anthracite coal in the country, 
and also not far from the country's largest bituminous coal fields. 
Within the State of Pennsylvania is mined about sixty per cent, 
of all the coal produced in the United States. \'ery naturally 
the point of shipment for export trade has been Philadelphia. 
The average Acarh- value of the coal exported has been alwut 
$14,000,000. 

As to transportation by rail, Philadelphia is well eciuipped, 
and for receiving and delivering freight more than fiftv stations 
and warehouses have been erected within the city limits. Cars 
from every railroad in the countrv come into these depots, the ^yjanv Freight 
largest of which are located at Greenwich Point on the Dela- Depots 
ware, Girard Point, Broad Street and Washington Avenue, Eigh- 
teenth and [Market Streets, Thirtieth and ^Market Streets, Thir- 
teenth and Callowhill Streets, Twenty-third and Arch Streets, 
West Philadelphia, and the different piers on the Delaware as 
far north as Port Richmond. Numerous transfer stations are 
located at different points within the citv. 

Within the confines of Pennsylvania alone run the lines 
of one hundred and twenty-one railroads, and of this number 
twenty-five extend through or to other States. It is interesting 
to note here that the present great railway systems of this coun- 

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Four Great 
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Old Freight Station. Thirteenth and Market Streets. Now Occupied by Wanamaker's 

It was ill this building tliat the world- fainous evangelists, Moody and Sankey. held their great revival 

meetings 

try liad their orio'in here. Pliila(lel])liia was first connected in 
1837 witli New York harbor ]n- rail, by way of tlie Camden tS: 
Anilioy Railroad, and five years later the Philadelphia & Readin.c,- 
Railroad was 0])ened to the coal fields of Pennsylvania. The 
oro-anization of the great Pennsvlvania Railroad system dates 
back to April 13, 1846. On Feliruary 15, 1854, the main line 
from Ilarrisbnrg to Pittsburgh was oiKMied. The line from I'hila- 
(lel])hia to llarrislmrg was made n|) of the Philadelphia <!s: 
Columbia Railroad, built by the State, and the 1 larrisburg, Ports- 
mouth, Mt. |(i\- X: Lancaster railroads. The former mad was 
inirchased in 1857 and the latter in i8f)i. 

.\t llie present time Philadeli)hia is chiell\- interested in 
four great r;iil\\a\- systems th;il ha\'e aided materially in the 
g'niwth iif the cit\' and its suburbs. These lines are the Penn- 
svKani.'i, which embr;;ces the I 'hilailel])hia, Haltiniore cS: Wash- 
ington: the 1 'hiladel])hia iK: Reading Railwaw the Palliniore iX: 
()hio Railroad, and the Lehigh N'allev Railroad. The I'enn.syl- 
vania, which has been termed "the Standard of .\merica,"' is dis- 
tinctlv a PennsvKania organization and said to be the best 
e(|uii)pi.'d in the world. 

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So far as the transportation of passengers is concerned 
the number of people entering the city daily from the three great 
terminals — Broad Street Station, the Reading Terminal, and the 
Baltimore & Ohio station — averages about 150,000. On special 
occasions, such as the forthcoming Founders' Week Celebration, 
three, four and five times that many people have been handled 
by these dififerent railroads without the least inconvenience or 
disarrangement of their schedules. 

Philadelphia has very liberal street railway facilities. More 
than eight hundred miles of tracks traverse three-fourths of the 
paved streets of the city. In respect to electric roads, the city 
may challenge comparison with any other in the world. These 
lines not onlv extend from river to county line, both north and pr<,ud ^f 
west, but make connections with many other lines which run Local Transit 
far into the neighboring counties, thereby linking Philadelphia 
with all suburbs and distant points of the State and adjoining- 
States. The service is as well planned as it is possible to make 
it. As a rule the rate of fare here is lower than in almost any 
other large city. Even in the busy hours of the day, and espe- 
cially at points where congestion of traffic is the greatest, the 
various car lines transport the thousands of passengers with little 
difficulty or delay. 

The transportation service of Philadelphia appeals very 
strongly to visitors, for they are enabled to go almost anywhere 
in comfortable cars and at the highest and safest speed. Within 
the past year the city has entered into an agreement with the 
Rapid Transit Company, operating all the electric lines, for the 

Large and 

purpose of still further benefiting the public. Probably in no Commodious 
other city in the United States are more comfortable or com- '•''■''"^y Cars 
modious conveyances used. On nearly every line handsome cars, 
o\'er 30 feet in length, with double trucks and powerful motors, 
are used. Altogether, close upon 3000 are in dailv use and 
in a year more than 400,000,000 passengers are carried. With 
the completion of the Market Street double-track subwav and 

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elevated roads, Philadclpliia'.s slrccl-car s} slcni is a model lor 
other cities to follow. 

The o\-ohilion of street-car iraftic in this city from 1836 
to tlie ])reseiU lime forms an im])ortam ])arl of the history of 
the city. Tntil iS()_:; the moti\e power was horses. Philadeli)hia 
was one of the first cities in the country to aholish horse-cars, 
f the and so quickly did the comi)an\ make the change that witnm 

'resent System three _\ears from the time the first electric car was operated, the 
last of the horse-cars was banished. In ih.it same year the city 
became the pioneer of the United Stales in electric-car service. 
Prior lo the introduction of the electric system, cable-cars were 
used on .Market Street and on Columbia Avenue, the first step 
toward the better service of to-day. 

One of the features of the present car s_\stem which has 
been of benefit to the munici])alil\' is the pa\-in^- by the Ra])id 
;ompanies Transit ('ompan\- of all streets on which car-tracks have l)een laid. 

^'Jed in This ])avin^- b\- the company of such streets so occupied meant 

;itv Streets ^ i^reat deal to the people of the city. The comjiany rei)aved 

many miles of streets, and this led L'ity Cfjuncils to improve 
hundreds of miles of minor streets, with the result that Phila- 
delphia has the best ])aved streets of any city in the L'niled 
States, nearl\- nine-tenths of which are of asphalt. 

Although owning- such a franchise, the Rapid Transit 
Company has entered into an agreeiuent with the city not to lay 
car-tracks on P)roa(l Street, the longest and widest boulevard in 
an\- cit\- in the world. To the s])lendid transit arrangements is 
due tlie great de\elopment of 1 'hiladel])hia's suburban districts 
and the bringing of e\erv ])art of the cit_\- into organic relation- 
shi]). Incidenlallw it mav be mentioned that one of the benefits 
these suburban districts ha\e receiwd is ipiick ])Oslal serxice 
through the u^e- of mail-cars on the lines of the company. 

While the advent of the electric tr<illey s_\-slem formed an 
epoch in the history of Philadelphia and its traction facilities, the 
most notable ])eriod was reached this year, when the subway 

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Section of Market Street Elevated Road, Showing Cross-over Signal Lights and 

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Finest 
Subway in 
the World 



Cost of 
Subway 
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Built Without 
Stopping 
Street Traffic 



between the Delaware and Schuylkill was tornially opened. This 
subwav was started Aiiril 6, iQO.v 'li'-' western seclinn. from 
Twenty-lhird and Market Streets to Mfteentli. was eoni])leled and 
opened for traffic on December i8, 1907. in connection with tlie 
elevated line joinini^ with it and extending from the Schuylkill 
to Sixty-ninth Street. Subway work from Fifteenth Street to 
the Delaware River was begun June 4, igo6, and completed and 
used for through train service on Monday, August 3, IQ08. 

W'liile Philadelphia's subway is only two miles in lengtli 
as compared with Boston's six-mile subway and New York's 
twenty-mile subway, it has been declared by engineers to be the 
finest, the most enduring, the most pretentious underground sys- 
tem in the world. Others may be more ornamental, but none 
compare witli it in construction. It is not a tunnel or a tube, 
but a railway ])uilt beneath the svirface of the street. Between 
the City Hall and the Schuylkill there are four tracks, two being- 
used by surface trolley cars independent of the electric trains. 
It is the only modern underground system built entirely by private 
enterprise. From the Schuylkill River to Front Street the sub- 
way is a continuous structure of concrete with steel girders. 
The roof is sup])orted in its centre bv steel pillars encased in 
concrete. These pillars are placed between the tracks and are 
continuous for the entire length of the structure, excepting only 
at switches. At tliese cross-overs the roof is spanned the full 
width and secured by massive steel girders laid transversely in 
cement and of such size as to rec]uire a thickness of roof as 
great as 22 inches. 

In the construction ot this subway the engineers in charge 
encountered great difficulties. It was absolnieK- necessary, ])rior 
to the beginning of the work, to build new sewers and move 
water and gas-mains. All this work and the building of the 
cement subway was done without interfering with surface travel 
at any point. The new sewers were also constructed of concrete. 
The entire amount of concrete work in its construction is e(|uiva- 

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lent to 700,000 cubic yards. The steel and iron used aggregated 
12,000,000 pounds. 

In carrying passengers and providing for the safety of 
employees every precaution has been taken. The cars are of 
pressed steel, built on the latest and most improved lines. Each 
car has a seating capacity for 52 people and is ])rovided with 
two 125-horse-power motors. Trains of three to five cars are panggr from 
run for the quick handling of passengers. The cars are pro- Accidents 
vided with side doors for exit, and each is equipped with auto- 
matic couplers, this citv being the first to inaugurate their use. 
Throug-hout the length of the elevated and subway lines the 
most modern signal system is in use. With these precautions, 
trains can be run on close schedules in absolute safety. Should 
a slight defect occur in any particular block, the danger signal 
is immediately displayed, and an automatic stop arrangement 
makes it impossible for a rear collision to occur. 

The various underground stations are marvels of construc- 
tion. At the Thirteenth, Eleventh and Eighth Street stations on Magnificent 
both sides of the tracks are stores with grand promenade bal- ,,*" !''^''°"" 

c' 1 stations and 

conies overlooking the subway. These stations are finished in stores 
marble and brilliantly illuminated. Hvmdreds of thousands of 
dollars were spent by the Market Street merchants to make this 
feature of the subway a special attraction. 

The time of a trip from the Sixty-ninth Street terminal 
to the Delaware River (about 7 miles) is 27 minutes. The 
elevated system west of the Schuylkill, which connects with the 
subway, is also of wonderful construction. The roadbed is of 
concrete, so made to deaden noise and j^revent drippings into the 
street. The stations are conveniently located. At the extreme 
western end of the line a million-dollar terminal and power-house 
has been erected. Here many suburban lines diverge to all points 
in the adjoining counties. 



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CHAPTER ELEVENTH 

PHILADELPHIA FINANCIAL INSTITU- 
TIONS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A 
TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE IN THE 
MONETARY AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY 




HE financial history of Philadelphia forms a very 
important link in the chain of events in the city 
founded h}^ Penn. In the review showing Philadel- 
l)hia's industrial and commercial greatness it was stated 
that this city had the first hank in America and the 
first savings institution. With the rapid growth along indus- influential 
trial lines, the banking and trust companies have develoi)ed ^^'^^"se of 

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remarkable strength. This has been largely due to the con- Methods 
servative business methods which have characterized their 
management, and have won for them the highest confidence 
both at home aufl abroad. 

Philadelphia's banks and trust comi)anies have more than 
$175,000,000 cai)ital, surplus and undivided ])rofits, while private 
bankers contribute millions more to the aggregate. In its sav- 
ings institutions the latest reports of the Commissioner of Bank- 
ing show cajjital, surplus, and undivided profits of over $112,- 
000,000. In the National banks alone the deposits are close 
upon $250,000,000, and in the trust companies over $300.- 
000,000, in addition to total trust funds of $550,000,000. In 
order to ascertain Philadelphia's banking strength, the combina- 
tion of these figures shows the total capital, surplus, and undi- 
vided profits at $175,000,000, with total deposits close upon 
$600,000,000. 

Banks, trust companies, and all other financial institutions 
of the city, with their aggregate capital and surplus, give to 

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this city a linancial strength and standing of great significance 

in tlie monetary alTairs of the country. The wealtli of Pliila- 

delphia is more generally owned by its citizens than will he 

found the case in any other great city. It has been mainly 

earned, inherited, accumulated, and kept here, and steadily 

augmented by judicious investment and thrifty management, 

until the depositories of this city have liecome a tremendous 

monetary power with a reserve force which can be utilized with 

telling efifect should occasion require. 

In this connection it should l;e recalled that Philadel]:)hia 

has more than once come to the aid of the Government. In 

the days of the Revolution, in the War of 1.S12, in the Mexican 

War, and in the Civil War, it was Philadelphia's i)rivate funds Philadelphia 

and banking caijital that helped the Government out of its '"^"'^'^" 
■^ '■ ' Save the 

financial difificulties when large sums of money had to be quickly Nation 
raised. The names of Robert Morris,. Stephen Girard, Jay 
Cooke, E. W. Clark, and others, will never be forgotten. Bank- 
ing is conducted in Philadelphia in accordance with sound yet 
vigorous business methods, and wields a wholesome and far- 
reaching influence, while the great wealth of this citv furnishes 
the means for many extensive American enterprises. 

The history of Philadelphia would not be complete with- 
out reference to Robert Morris, the first great American finan- 
cier, who, in 1763, conceived the idea of establishing a bank 
here. This he carried into efifect in 17S0, when the Pennsyl- 
vania Bank was established. The men associated with Robert Organization 
Morris included Thomas Willing, John Nixon. Blair McClena- l^ ?.^ ^'"^^ 

^ - Banking 

chan, James Wilson, George Clymer and William Bingham, institution 
The plan of the bank, as elaborated June 17, 17S0, was to 
open a subscription to the amount of £300,000 Pennsylvania 
currency, in real money, the subscribers to the stock executing 
bonds to the amount of their subscriptions, and the whole to 
form the capital of the bank, by the aid of which it was pro- 
posed to purchase supplies and transport food to the army. 

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OFFICIAL IIISTORUAI, SOrVKXIR 

Congress was otificiallv notifitMl uf ihe organizalimi nf iliis 
I)ank on June _'i, 1 7S0, and resolnlions were adopted jjledging 
the failli of tlie I'nited States for llie repayment of subscrip- 
tions. The bank commenced business July 17, 1780, on Front 
Street, just aliove Walnut. Its operations were successful, and 
none of those suffered loss who took stock in it — as much, nu 
doubt, fruin ])atriotic motives as with the hope of i)ecuniary 
gain. The affairs of this bank were wound uj) about the close 
of the year 1784. 

On December 31, 1781, an Act was passed by Congress 
creating the stockholders a corporation forever, under the title 
of "The President, Directors, and Company of the IJank of 




Robert Morris 

The first .American Financier, who financed the Government for the Revolution 



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North America," restricting the amount of property to lie held 
by the corporation to $10,000,000, and thus the Bank of North 
America became the iirst incorporated bank not only of Phila- 
del]ihia but in the United States. It commenced business Janu- 
ary 7, 17S2, in the store belonging" to its cashier on the north 
side of Chestnut Street, west of Third, the very spot wliere 
stands the present building. It was very successful in its 
ojierations, but as doubts were entertained whether it would be 
entirelv valid as a financial institution in Pennsylvania without 
authority granted by the State, a bill was passed by the Assem- 
bly, on Februarv 25, 1782, incorporating the bank. It is the 
only National bank in the United States, with possibly one excep- 
tion, that is permitted to omit the word "National" from its 
title on its circulating currency and in other transactions. 

Stephen Girard became prominent as a financier in 181 2, 
when he purchased the building on Third Street, south of stg-hen Qirard's 
Chestnut, which had i)reviousl}' been occupied by the Bank of Activity as a 
the United States, and in that building-, while continuing his 
mercantile enterprises, he conducted a profitable banking business 
until the time of his death, December 26, 183 1. 

The Philadelphia Clearing House is an organization which 
can be said to be the "balance-wheel" of the banks. This 
organization, which in March, ii;oS, celebrated the semi-centen- 
nial of its foundation, is the heart of the financial body, and 
its influence is felt in aggregate business just as each individual 
or corjjorate enterprise is expedited and benefited Idv perfect 
system and the employment of the best methods in transacting 
its affairs. It was created by the banks for their nuUual con- 
venience, assistance and protection, and for the jnu-pose of 
simplifving business. 

At the time of the organization of the Clearing House, 
fifty years ago, there were in Philadelphia seventeen banks. 
Their aggregate deposits amounted to between fifteen and six- 
teen million dollars. The population was slightlv over half a 

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The Clearing 
House and Its 
Purpose 



Two Banks 

Over 

One Hundred 

N'ears Old 



million. At present the Clearing House has thirty-two banks in 
its meml)ership whose aggregate deposits are over $250,000,000. 
It is a voluntary association coni]X)sed of the several hanks and 
is entirely without capital. While its organization <latcs fnmi 
February i. 1S58, it was not until March 2_>d nf that year 
that it actually began operations. On its first dav the clearings 
amounted to $2,991,939.90, and the balance settled aggregated 
$147,437.24. In these days the clearings run anywhere from 
S15.000.000 to $25,000,000, and the balances settled average 
about $1,500,000. 

Since its organization in 1X5S only four out of the forty- 
five banks which have been its members have failed, and eight 
other banks, including five of the original memliers. have been 
absorbed by existing banks. There were no National banks at 
the time of its organization, the National Bank Act not taking 
effect until l'\'bruary 25. ic%3. The first to become a member 
was the Philadel])hia r>ank, organized September 19, 1863. This 
bank and the Hank of North America are the only two institu- 
tions in the cilv which have been in continuous ojjcration for 
more than a century. 

The k'armers' and Mechanics' National Bank began as a 
State bank March 16. 1809. vSince 1858 it has been fiscal agent 
for the State of Peniisyhania. In 1810 the National Bank of 
Northern Liberties began its career; in 1825 the Southw\ark 
National; the next year the Kensington National: in 1828 the 
Penn, first called Penn Township I'ank; in 1830 the Western 
National, taking its name from its first location, which was on 
Ninth .Street; in 1S31 the Manufacturers", which was first called 
the .Manufacturers' and .Mechanics' Bank; in 1846 the Trades- 
men's National, and in 1857 the Consolidation National. 

The Girard National Bank, which dates from 1832, 
virtuallv had its start in the first bank of the Ignited States 
chartered by Congress in 1791. Its present building has been 
occupied since July 24, 1797. When the old bank expired with 

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its charter, in 1811, Stephen Girard liought its huilding and 
started "Stephen Girard's Banking House." The business ended 
with his death, December 26, 1831, l)ut four days later pre- 
hminary steps were taken to organize the bank which now 
flourishes. All the old Clearing House banks became National 
banks by the end of 1864. 

The first National bank in the United States was the 
First National, Philadelphia. Its original charter was issued 
June 10, 1863, and it issued the first National bank-notes in 
the country. At the present time there are thirty-six National 
banks in Philadelphia and all but four small institutions are 
menil)ers of the Clearing House. 

As American banking had its birthplace here, so the first 
trust companies of the country originated in Philadelphia. These 
companies found a field of operation in various branches of 
business, such as safe deposit, title insurance, the management 
of real estate, receiving money on deposit, and the execution of 

^ -^ ^ Trust Companies 

fiduciary trusts. The great success they have achieved is the originated 
best reason for their existence. In this city trust companies ^"^^ 
have increased in numbers, wealth, strength and influence. The 
trust company business of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania has 
developed largely since the Act of Legislature of 1890 amend- 
ing the Act of 1874 extending the rights and privileges of such 
companies. They have become important factors in the invest- 
ment of money and in the performance of a variety of duties 
involving monetary transactions. 

Trust companies are practically supplementary to and aids 
to banks rather than competitiors, and this view is sustained 
by the fact that the stockholders and the management of banks 
are often holders of trust company stocks and actively interested 
in their business. It is the purpose of the trust companies to 
utilize the deposits of those who are not actively engaged in 
industrial, commercial, or mercantile business, and who prefer to 

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a Centur\ Old 



deposit ihcir nioiK-y where they eau olitain a small return of 
interest. 

Phila(lel])hia Stock l^xchani^e, first known as a stock 
l)oar(l, dales hack Id the he^inniii^- of the nineteenth century, 
D. ., , , . . , and its lii^st nieetin"-i)lace was in the iCxchano'c Coffee House 

Stock Exchange < in Second Street. Included anion^' its memhership from those 
earl\- da\s are the names of man_\' men wlm fii^ured prominently 
in the financial affairs of the city. The Stock Exchange wieUls 
great ])ower in jnihlic husiness. All trade depressions, panics, 
and imiHirtant events in the commercial or ])olitical world are 
(juickly rertected there. 

fhis article would not he com])lete if some reference were 
not made to the financial condition of the city itself. On July 
I, 1908, the funded deht of 1 'hiladelphia was $77,296,520.22. 
The assessed \alualion of real estate owned hy the city is ahont 
$83,500,000. The ])er cajMta credit is $98.08, as compared with 
$46.07 in Xew N'ork, S44.74 in Chicago, $59.60 in St. Louis, 
and S84.()i in Host on. 




The Handsomest Banking House in the Country 

New White Marble Building of Girard Trust Company 
Broad and Chestnut Streets 

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CHAPTER TWELFTH 

BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY 
OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 
FROM THE EARLIEST RECORDS 
TO THE PRESENT CENTURY 



Rich in 



ISTORICALL^' connected witii the early annals of 
the United States, Philadelphia, the metropolis of 
Pennsylvania, is to-day the third city in the United 
States in ])opnlation. Besides being the third citv Historic 
of importance in the list of industrial cities in the 'Association 
country, it is unquestionably first, so far as its historical asso- 
ciations are concerned. 

The following chronological table shows in a brief way the 
history and growth of the city: 




1609 
1616 
1623 

1624 
1633 

1638 
1643 

1646 

1655 
1664 

1677 

1680 



Henn- Hudson in the Half Moon visited Delaware Ba}'. 

Voyage of Hendrickson to the mouth of the Schuylkill. 

Landing of Kornelius Aley at Cape ;\[ay, so named after 
him. 

Fort Nassau, at Gloucester, Iniilt by Mey. 

Year in which the Dutch are reported as having purchased 
lands from the Indians. 

Swedish settlements located on the Delaware. 

Fort built and occupied by Swedes within the present 
boundary of city. 

Erection of the original Swedes Church on Tinicum Island. 

Dutch conquer the Swedes. 

Enghsh in turn conquer the Dutch. 

"Gloria Dei," the second Swedish church, erected at what 
is now Christian and Swanson Streets. 

Grant of Pennsylvania to William Penn by Charles IL 

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Lieut. -Governor William Markham arrived. 

Penn signed Frame of Government, practically the first 
charter for the colonists. 

Declaration of laws and regulations given by Penn. 

Thomas Holme, Penn's surveyor, examined sites below 
Chester and ten miles north of present site. 

July 10 Earliest survey of city lots on record. Blue Anchor Inn, 
Front and Dock Streets, afterward called the '"Boatman 
and Call," built. 

Oct. 24 A\'illiam Penn arrived at New Castle on the Welcome, then 
proceeded to Upland, which he renamed Chester. 

1683 March 10 I'irst meeting of the governor and council held in Phila- 

delphia. 

Aug. 16 Penn in a letter wrote: "Philadelphia is at last laid out." 

Penn's house on Letitia Street built. First offices of the 
State. 

First English school founded by Enoch Flower. 

1684 Brick Quaker meeting-house erected on Centre Scjuare. 
Return of Penn to England. 

1685 First printing press established in Philadelphia, by William 

Bradford. The first work printed was an almanac, edited 
by Samuel Atkins. 

1689 "William Penn Charter" School, on Fourth street, below 

Chestnut, established. 

First City Charter granted by William Penn. 

Penn deprived of government by William and Mary. 

Restoration of government to Penn. 

Christ Church built. 

Penn's second visit. 

"Slate Roof House," erected in 1689. the largest at that time 
in Philadelphia, occupied by William Penn. 

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church dedicated. 

First watchman, the forerunner of the city's police depart- 
ment, appointed "to go round ye town with a small bell in 
ye night time." 

1701 Oct. 25 Charter granted city by William Penn, and Edward Shippen 
appointed Mayor. 

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Oct. 


20 


1695 






1699 


Dec. 


2 


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Jan. 






Jan. 


2 




July 


13 



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1718 


July 30 




Dec. 8 


1719 


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1704 iMTst Treshytcriaii C'luircli, called "I'.utliniwood Church,'" 

built (in south side .Market Street, lielueen Second and 
Third. 

1707 Philadelphia I'lapti.st ( )rt;'ani/.atiiin formed. 

Great Towiie House, used as a town hall and seat of 
municipal government and le,c;islature until 1735. erected 
on High ( Market) Street, between Second and Third. 

IVnn stricken with apoplexy. 

First almshouse established by the I'riends. Walnut Street, 
between Third and Fourth. 

I'erry to ( lloucester established. 

1 )eath of William I'enn. 

I'irst tire entwine purchased by the Council. 

Ordinance passed for pa\ing streets with stone, and foot- 
ways witli brick. 

Dec. 22 .iiiicriain Weekly Mercury, first newspaper in .America out- 
side of Boston, established by Andrew I'.radford. 

1723 Oct. Benjamin Franklin, 17 years old, arrived in Philadelphia. 

1724 Carpenters' (iuild estal)lishe<l. 

1729 Sept. 28 Franklin piil)lishes the Pennsylvania Ga::ette. 

Rebuilding of Christ Church (present structure) liegun. 

.State House (Independence Hall) commenced. 

1731 Jan. Three fire engines and 200 leather firebuckets arrive from 

England. 

July I Philadel])liia Library founded 1;)\- P'ranklin. 

1733 T'ranklin's first "Poor Richartl" almanac published. 

Building of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Willing's 
Alley, started. 

1735 Oct. State House finished and dedicated and occupied by the 

Legislature. 

1736 Dec. 7 Cnion Fire Com])any established — first \ohinteer organi- 

zation of the kind in the country. 

1740 I'niversity of Pennsylvania founded, then named "The Char- 

ity School." 

May 14 -American Philosophical Society established by I'ranklin, 
first of its kind in the country. 

1741 School buildings erected on Fourth Street, south of .Arch 

Street. 

1743 Franklin draws up plans for establishing an .\cademy 

which later l)ecame the rni\ersity of PennsvKania. 

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1755 




1756 


Feb. 


1757 


May 17 


1760 




1762 


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1747 Nov. 21 Citizens associate for military defence. 
1749 Academy started and combined with Charity School. 

First theatrical company visits Philadelphia. 

1 75 1 Bell for State House, which later became known as the 

"Liberty Bell," ordered in London. 

Sept. Streets first lighted with lamps. 

1752 State House bell arrived. 

1753 University of Pennsylvania. Charter granted by Thomas and 

Richard Penn, incorporating "The Academy and Charitable 

School." 
State House bell first rung from the State House steeple. 
Chime of eight bells hung in Christ Church. 
Confirmatory Charter granted, incorporating the "College, 

Academy and Charity School," which later became the 

Universitv of Penns}'lvania. 

Pennsylvania General Hospital opened. 

First commencement at college on Fourth Street, below 
Arch, chartered June 16, 1755, with seven graduates. 

Germantown Academy founded. 

Act passed for "Regulating, pitching, paving and cleansing 
the streets, lanes and alleys, etc., within the central part 
of Philadelphia." 

1765 University of Pennsylvania ^Medical School founded. From 

September, 1777, to June, 1778, owing to the Occupation of 
Philadelphia by British troops, recitations and lectures were 
suspended at the University of Pennsylvania. 

March 22 Stamp Act passed : resented by people. 

Nov. 6 Non-importation agreement adopted by merchants and im- 
porters in Philadelphia. 

()ld Southwark Theatre, South and Apollo Streets, first 
permanent theatre in America, opened. 

"Farmer's Letters" published in Pciinsylz'ania Chronicle by 
John Dickenson. Rights of colonists asserted. 

Carpenters' Hall built. 

Richard Penn, brother to John Penn, Lieutenant-Governor. 

John Penn, Lieutenant-Governor. 

Ship Poll\, laden with tea, arrived in port : sent home with 
cargo intact. 

Provincial Assembly of Colonies called to consider ways 
and means of preserving liberty. 

First Continental Congress met in Carpenters' Hall. 

Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse organized. 

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Nov. 


12 


1767 


Dec. 


2 


1770 






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Dec. 


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1774 


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Sept. 


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1776 



1786 
1787 
1788 

1789 



May 


10 


June 


II 


July 


4 


July 


8 



1777 Sept. 27 





Sept. 




Oct. 15 


1778 


May 18 


1779 




1780 




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March i 


1782 




1783 





1784 Dec. 21 



July 26 

Feb. 22 
July 4 

March 11 
April 13 



Beginning- of the Revohition. Washington selected as 
Commander-in-Chief of Continental army, in the State 
House. 

Piano, probably first built in this country, made by John 
Behrent, Third Street below Brown. 

Second Continental Congress met in State House. 

Articles of Confederation prepared b}- conunittee of Second 
Continental Congress. 

Adoption and signing of the Declaration of Independence. 

Proclaiming the Declaration, State House Square, accom- 
panied by ringing of the Liberty Bell. Declaration read 
to the people by John Nixon. End of colonial system. 

British, under Gen. Howe, occtipy Philadelphia. 

Meschianza held at old Wharton House, on Moyamensing 

Road. 
Continental Congress moved to York, Pa. 
Battle of Germantown. 

Battles on the Delaware over the defences of the city. 
British evacuate Philadelphia. 

Incorporation of the University 'of the State of Pennsylvania. 
Bank of North America originated by Robert Morris. 

Articles of Confederation finall}' ratified by vote of States 
sitting in Congress. 

First English Bible printed in the United States, published 
in Philadelphia. 

End of the Revolution. 

Continental Congress moved to Princeton, N. J . 

American Daily Advertiser, afterwards the Aurora, the first 
daily newspaper issued in America, printed in Philadel- 
phia. 

Steamboat built by John Fitch, the first to be propelled by 
steam in America, operated on the Delaware. 

Constitutional Convention of the States held in Independ- 
ence Hall. 

W^ashington's Birthday first celebrated officially by public 
salute of artillery. 

Celebration of the new Union by a Federal procession. 

First Congress held initial session under the Constitution. 

New charter granted the city. 

Samuel Powel elected first Mayor by Council under new 
charter. 



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1790 April 17 Death of Franklin, aged 84. 

Dec. 6 T 'nited States Government removed from Xew York to 

riiiladelphia. 

Law School of the I'niversity, first in America, established. 

1 791 Union of the I'nivcrsity of the State of Pennsylvania with 

The College, under the title of the " University of Pennsyl- 
vania." 

1792 Oct. United States Mint estal)lishe(l, cast side Seventh street, 

above Filbert. The only one in the L'nitod States 
until 1835. 

1793 Epidemic of yellow fever in I 'hiladelphia. Four thousand 

deaths in four nicniths. 

1794 First turnpike mad in the United States opened from Phila- 

delphia to Lancaster, 62 miles. 

1796 April 4 Select Council, consisting of twelve citizens to serve three 
years, created by Act of Legislature. 

Aug. First gas-light in .America exhil)ite(l in Philadelphia. 

1799 April 3 Governor signs l)ill removing seat of State government to 

Lancaster. 

1800 July United States ( i<u-ernnicnt n.-nio\ed from I'hiladelpliia to 

^^'ashington. 

1801 Jan. I City first supplied with water from the Schuylkill, through 

street mains. C'entre .Scpiare Water Works, first in 
America, in (i])eration. 

First navy yard established. 

1802 L'niversity of Pennsylvania removed to tlie site now occujiicil 

by the Philadelphia Post Ofiice. ( Ninth and Chestnut 
Streets. ) 

1804 Aug. Coacli route established from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. 

1805 Jan. I Permanent l)ridge across the Schuylkill opened. 

I'ennsyhania Aoadcni_\- of the l-"ine Arts founded, the 
|iioneer in .\mcrica. 

1806 March 28 Acadeni_\- nf the I'ine .\rts incnrpurated. 

1807 Jan. 17 Farmers' and Mechanics' \atinnal Pank organized. 

1808 June Steamboat Pluvnix arri\es at i'liiladelphia, the first steam- 

boat navigating the ocean. 

1809 ( llympic Theatre erected ai mutheast corner of Ninth and 

\\alnut Streets. 

h'irsl railroad track in United States laid in }ard of llull's 
Head Tavern. 

1810 First steam ferry between Philadelphia and Camden. 
I'.lm on site <if i'enn's treatv with tlie Indians blown down. 





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1815 


Feb. 17 




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1816 




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225TH AXNIVERSARV FOUNDINC. OF PHILADF.LPH lA 

1812 March 10 The Pennsyhania Company for Insurances on Lives and 
Granting Annuities chartered. 

Academy of Xatural Sciences founded. 

\\'ar of 1812 begun. Financed by Stephen Girard. 

Spring Garden Street bridge buih. 

President Monroe visited Philadelphia. 

Illumination in honor of Peace Treaty. 

Fairmount Water Works Pumping Station completed 
(dam completed 1822). 

City purchased State House and Liberty Bell from the 
State for $70,000. 

\'auxhall Garden, northeast corner Broad and Walnut 
Streets, destroyed by mob. 

Musical Fund Society established. 

Apprentices' Library incorporated and Philadelphia Law 
Librar}' established. 

Saturday E'i'cning Post established. 

Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb opened. 

Mercantile Library Association organized. 

First Odd Fellows' Lodge in Pennsylvania organized in 
Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia College of Pharmac}' founded. 

1824 Feb. 5 Franklin Institute organized. 

American Sunday School L'nion founded in Philadelphia. 
Dec. 2 Historical Society of Pennsylvania organized. 

Reception to Lafayette. 

1825 Schu}'lkill canal to Port Carbon opened. 

1826 April 7 Jefferson Medical College incorporated. 

1827 Penn Treaty Monument erected in Kensington. 
Dec. 21 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society founded. 

1828 Arch Street Theatre opened. 

1829 May 19 Xame of Centre .S(|uare changed to Penn Square. 

June 29 Philadelphia Inquirer first issued as the Pcniisylz'ania 
Inquirer. 

Corner-stone of the L'nited States Mint laid at Juniper and 
Chestnut Streets. 

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1830 \\'illiani Cramp established shipyard at Kensington. 

1831 Dec. 31 Death of Stephen Girard. 

1832 Girard's gifts to city announced. 

Feb. 22 Corner-stone of Merchants' Excliangc laid. 

June 6 C)pening of railroad to Germantown and sleani locomotive 

first used. 

1833 March 27 I-'irst triennial parade of the Fire Department. 

Philadelphia Club organized. 
First omnibus line, Navy Yard to Kensington. 
July 4 Corner-stone of Girard College laid. 

1834 Railroad, canal and portage lines operated through to 

Pittsburgh. 

1835 July 8 Liberty IJeil cracked while tolling the death of John Mar- 

shall, one of the greatest men of Revolutionary times, 
and the last of those who were associated with Wash- 
ington and the signers of the Declaration of Independ- 
ence. 

1836 Feb. 8 Streets first lighted with gas. 
March 25 Public Ledger established. 
June 13 Central High School chartered. 

1837 Sept. 19 Corner-stone of Central High School laid, east side of 

Juniper Street, below Market. 

1838 Oct. 21 High School on Juniper Street opened. 

1841 Oct. 12 John Morin Scott, first Mayor elected by the people. 
1844 Lemon Hill, F^airmount Park, liought for public use. 

1846 Mexican War started, l-'inanced by \l. W. Clark & Com- 

pany, of Philadelphia. 

Dec. 26 Philadelphia and Pittsburgh connected by telegraph. 

1847 April 12 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin established. 
April 19 Illumination for victories in Mexico. 

July I North American and United States Lia::ette consolidated. 

Ei'cning Item established. 

1848 Jan. I Girard College opened. 

April 25 Corner-stone of St. Mary's Episcopal Church laid. 

1849 Degrees first conferred by Central High School. 

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OFFICIAL IIISTOUUAL SOrVKXIK 

1850 (ircat lire in maritiim.' section: fonr luindieil liuildingji 

hnrneil. 

March 11 WOnien's .Medical (.'olleije of Pennsylvania, oldest regular 
college for female jihysicians. incorporated. 

1851 Sept. 30 (lirard College dedicated. 
Dec. 24 Tveception to Kossuth. 

1853 May 31 Corner-stone of second Central High School building laid. 

southeast corner Rroad and ( Jreen Streets. 

1854 Feb. 2 Consolidation .\ct. extending the city so as to include 

the whole of I'hiladelphia County. ])assed. 

June 30 Consnlidation .\ct winl into effect. 

'S'oung .Men's Christian .\ssociatioii instituted. 

1855 Jan. 3 Line of passenger cars drawn hy horses established. 

Sept. 18 Beginning of Fairmount Tark hy dedication of Lemon Hill 
for park purposes. 

Sept. 27 Masonic 1 lall. on Chestnut .Street above Seventh, dedicated. 

1856 April 19 I'olice and kire Alarm Telegraph went into operation. 
May 13 Chief of I'olice appointed. 

Streets first swept h}' revohing machine brooms. 

1857 Feb. 25 .American .Academy of .Music first opened with ojieratic per- 

formance "II Trovatore." 

Aug. I Tlu- I'rcss established. 

Dec. 13 Cathedral of .SS. I'eter and I'anl (k'(licated. 

1858 Jan. 20 I'ifth and Sixth Streets Passenger Railway ojieued to the 

])ublic. 

Jan. 20 Cit\ purchases first steam fire engine. 

Sept. I Cit\- celebrates laying of first .\llantic cable. 

1859 Cholera epidemic, lasting from May .^o to Se])ieiuber 12 — 

1012 deaths. 

Zoological Society founded; tirst in .\merica. 
i860 Bethany Presbyterian Church opened. 

June 9 kirst |a|)auese embassy to any country arrived. 

Oct. 9 Prince of Wales \isile<l Philadelphia. 

1861 Jan. 4 .National fast day on account of fears of secession. 

Feb. 22 President Lincoln raised ".Star S]iangled Pianncr" over Tn- 
dependence Hall. 

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1861 April 13 Patriotic fervor stirred b}- news from Fort Sumter. 



April 18 
May II 
May 18 

1862 April 20 
Nov. 15 

1863 June 16 

1864 Jan. 4 
June 7 

June 16 
Oct. 4 

Nov. 20 



Beginning of Civil War; financed l)y Jay Cooke & Com- 
pany. 

."^ixtli .Massachusetts Regiment passed through Philadel- 
phia on way to Baltimore. 

Col. Robert .\nderson, hero of Fort Siunter, received in 
Independence Hall. 

Cooper-sh(_ip X'olunteer Refreshment Saloon, which fed 
more than 600.000 soldiers passing through the city (lur- 
ing the Civil ^^^ar. opened on Otsego Street. 

Cathedral opened for \espers and papal benediction. 

I'nion League Club organized. 

Mavor Henr^• issued proclamation calling citizens to the 
defence of the citv. 



The Ez'ciiing Telegraph first issued. 

Great Sanitary Fair held in Logan Sc|uare for the Ijcnefit 
of L'nion soldiers. 

President Lincoln and wife \isited the Sanitary Fair. 

I'hilade!]ihia and Erie Railroad formally opened. 

Cathedral of .^S. Peter and Paul consecrated. 

1865 P'airmount Park dedicated. 

April 3 Citv illuminated in honor of the fall of Richmond. 

April 15 Assassination of President Lincoln: suspension oi business 

and universal mourning. 
April 22 Lincoln's ]kh\v rested in state in Independence Hall. 

May 14 Xew house of the L'nion League, Broad and Sansom 
Streets, opened. 

July 4 Alagnificent illumination and pyrotechnic display at Peiui 

Square in honor of the close of the Civil War. 

Chestnut Street liridge opened. 

Reception to (ieneral McClellan. 

W ashington Monument in front of State House, the gift of 
the school children, dedicated. (Removed to Conversa- 
tion Plall, second floor. City Hall, February 22, 1908.) 

Lincoln Monument on Park dri\'e dedicated. 

Ridgewa}' Library Iniilt. 

181 



1866 June 23 
1868 

1869 July 5 

1870 Sept. 20 







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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVKXIR 

1871 March 15 I'aid Fire Department goes into operation. 

Aug. 10 Construction of City Hall liegun at Broad and Market 
Streets. 

1872 State Constitutional Con\'ention at Horace I'linne}- School. 

1873 Sept. 25 Masonic Temple, Broad and iMJliert Streets, dedicated. 

1874 Zoological Gardens, first and largest in America, opened. 
Feb. 14 City Seal adopted I)}- Councils. 

July 4 Ciirard A\enue bridge opened. 

Corner-stone of Citv Hall laid with Masonic cer.'mony. 

Oct. 6 Franklin Institute h(ilds last exhibit in old Iniilding. 

Nov. 15 Centennial celebration of the formation of the First Troop 
Philadelphia City Cavalry. 

1875 Nov. 21 Mood\' and Sankev, evangelists, hold their first religious 

revival services in the old freight depot. Thirteenth and 
Market Streets, on the site of Wanamaker"s great store 
building. 

1876 May 10 Centennial Exhibition in Fairmount Park opened. 

Sept. 28 Pennsylvania Dav at Centennial ; ^75.000 people in attend- 
ance. 

Oct. 30 (lirls" Normal School, Seventeenth antl .Spring Garden 
Streets, dedicated. 

Last da}- of Centennial Fxhibition. 

Ex-President U. S. Grant sailed from Philadelphia for his 
trip around the world. 

Dental School added to the L'uiversity of Pennsylvania. 

First telephone exchange established. 

First electric lighting, the store and A\arerooms of John 
Wanamaker, Thirteenth and Market Streets. 

Ground broken for P.road Street .Station. 

Chestnut street lighted by 47 electric lights. First electric 
street lights in city. 

Bi-Centennial of the founding of Germantown. 

Oct. 22-27 l'>i-Centennial Celebration of landing of ^^'illiam I'enn. 

William Penn's cottage ( Letitia House), built on Market 
Street between Front and Second about 1683, the first 
l)rick house in Philadelphia, relniilt in Fairmount Park. 

1884 March Xew Post Ofifice building opened. 

J S3 





Nov. 10 


1877 


May 15 


1878 




1879 


Dec. 


1880 




I88I 


Dec. 3 


1882 


Oct. 6 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOr\EXIR 



1885 


June I 


1887 


Sept. 15-17 


1888 


March 12 


1890 


May 14 



1892 



Nov. 



1893 




1895 


March 27 




Dec. 20 


1897 


May 27 


1898 


Oct. 25-27 


1899 






April 27 




Dec. 31 



X<.-\\ L'harfer of riiila(k-l|)liia (tin.- I'aillilt I'.ill) ai)])rcived. 

C'l institutional Centennial Celebration. 

( ireat blizzard paralyzed business in 1 'hiladelphia. 

i 'liiladelphia I'ourse, only one in .\nierica, and larjjest in 
the world, establislied. 

Foundation of the W islar Institute of Anatomy, connected 
with the I'niversity of Tennsyhania, first of its kind in 
tile world. 

first electric street railroad opened. 

Iiinnal opening- of Readinsj Railroad Terminal building. 

t ily governnienl ninxi'd to new City Hall. 

I'ormal opening of tlie lloiirse. 

Washington .Monument, at Green Street entrance to the 
i'ark. unveiled by IVesident McKinlev. 

I'cace Jubilee Celebration (.■omiuemorating close of .^])anish- 
-\merican War. 

National Exjjort lC.\])osition, first in the commercial his- 
tory of the Cnited .States, held in I 'liihi(leli)hia. 

President Mci\inle\- dedicated ( Irant .Monument. Fair- 
mount Park. 

.Magnificent ilhiniination (pf new City Hall and starting of 
the great clock. 




Tower of City Hall, Showing Roof of Building 
184 



COMMITTEES COMPOSED OF CITY 
OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS WHO 
PLANNED AND CARRIED INTO EXECU- 
TION THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 



The organization tliat deA-elopecl and put in operation the 
plans for the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth 
Anniversary of the Founding of Philadel[)hia consisted of a Gen- 
eral Executive Committee, with supervision over all matters. 

Committees 

Under this General Executive Committee were nine main com- whkh Arranged 
niittees — Finance. ^Nlilitarv, Religious. Industrial. Historical. 
Xaval Dis])lay. River Dis])lay, Transportation. Store Decoration. 
These main committees had working under them .'^^5 sub-commit- 
tees, each sul)-committee chairman reporting to the main com- 
mittee chairman. \\ ho in turn reported to the chairman of the 
Genera! Executive Committee. The total membership of all com- 
mittees and sub-committees was 898. 



185 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



HON. JOHN E 
GEORGE W. 
205 
Boyd, George W. 

G. P. Agt., P. R. R.. Broad St. Sta. 

Brumbaugh, Dr. Martin G. 

Room 696. City Hall 

Buchholz, Eduard 

183 City Hall 

Caven, Frank H. 

615 Fidelity Bldg. 

Clay, Hon. Henry 

City Hall 

Clothier, Morris L. 

8th and Market Sts. 

Connell, Charles E. 

181 City Hall 
Connelly, John P. 

508 Commonwealth Bldg. 

Converse, John H. 

l5io Locust St. 

Davis, George B. 

3930 Lancaster Ave. 

Elverson, Col. James, Jr. 

The Inquirer 

Ernst, Bernhard 

2920 N. 6th St. 

Gillingham, Charles A. 

1648 S. Twelfth St. 

Grove, Henry S. 

Rich.Tiond and Norris Sts. 

Hardart, Frank 

818 Chestnut St. 

Harrison, C. C. 

4th and Chestnut Sts. 

Hays, Dr. I. Minis 

^66 S. 2lst St. 

Hazlett, James M. 

1537 S. 5th St. 

Holmes, William Henry 

52 E. Allen St. 

Jastrow, Dr. Morris, Jr. 

University of Pennsylvania 

Jordan, Dr. John W. 
13th and Locust Sts. 
Kucker, George W. 

1835 Land Title Bldg. 

LaLanne, Frank D. 

214 Chestnut St. 

Lev/is, Edwin O. 

509 West End Trust Bldg. 

McAllister, J. R. C. 

218 N. 13th St. 



REYBURN, Chairman 
B. HICKS, Secretary 
City Hall 

McCurdy, George 

1201 Chestnut St. 
Milligan, William J. 

City Hall 

Montgomery, Thomas L. 

State Librarian. Harrisburg 

Morrell, General Edward 

1430 S. Penn Square 
Morton, Thomas J. 

1453 N. loth St. 

Nelson, Thomas T. 

333 Walnut St. 

Patton, Edward W. 

404 Bet2 Bldg. 

Ransley, Harry C. 

126 N. Front St. 

Rosenberg, Morris 

716 N. Franklin St. 

Rushton, Richard H. 

Fourth Street National Bank 

Ryan, Thomas J. 

1028 Land Title Bldg. 

Seger, Charles 

1105 Betz Bldg. 

Shields, W. S. P. 

Witherspoon Bldg. 

Stokley, John H. 

2947 Frankford Ave. 

Stotesbury, E. T. 

Dre.\el & Co.. 5th and Chestnut Sts. 

Stuart, Hon. Edwin S. 

Harrisburg 

Sykes, Walter T. 

Hancock and Huntingdon Sts. 

Thomson, John 

Free Library of Philadelphia 

Trainer, Harry J. 

171 City Hall 

Van Rensselaer, Alexander 
iSoi Walnut St. 

Wanamaker, Hon. John 

r3th and Chestnut Sts. 

Warburton, Barclay H. 

Evening Telegraph 

Whitaker. John W. 

2405 N. 5th St. 

Wolf, Clarence 

1339 Chestnut St. 
Zane, George W. 

2234 W. Lehigh Ave. 
187 



on"iri.\i. II iSTouicwi. solvkxik 
FINANCE COMMITTEE 

RICHARD H. RUSHTON. Chairman 
Fourth Street National Bank 



Beeber, Dimner 

President Union League 

Cramp, William 

Richmond and Norris Sts. 

Dolan, Thomas 

U. G. I. Co., Broad and Arch Sts. 

Earle, George H. 

Real Estate Trust Co. 

French, Howard B. 

Equitable Trust Co. 

Githens, Benjamin 

President Corn Exchange Nat. Bank 

Harrison, C. C. 

Provost University Fcnna. 

LaLanne, Frank D. 
214 Chestnut St. 

McCall, Joseph B. 

1000 Chestnut St. 

Nicholson, William R. 

Pres. Land Title and Trust Co. 



Riebenack, Max 

Pcnnsylva.iia Railroad Company 

Smith, E. B. 

511 Chestnut St. 
Stotesbury, Edward T. 

5th and Chestnut Sts. 

Van Rensselaer, Alexander 

1801 Walnut St. 

Wagner. General Louis 

Third National Bank 

Widener, George D. 

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. 
Widener, P. A. B. 

404 Land Title Bldg. 

Wing, Asa S. 

Pres. Provident Life and Trust Co. 

Wolf, Clarence 

1339 Chestnut St. 



HISTORICAL COMMITTEE 



THOMAS L. MONTGOMERY, Chairman 
State Librarian, Harrisburg, Pa. 

GEORGE W. B. HICKS. Secretary 
205 City Hall 



Abbott, Dr. A. C. 

City Hall 

Ames, Herman V. 
210 S. 37th St. 

Anders, Dr. James M. 

1605 Walnut St. 

Ashhurst. John 

Free Library 

Ashton, Dr. William Easterly 

;oil Walnut St. 

Bache. Franklin 

1510 Walnut St. 

Bachman, F. H. 

131 S. 5th St. 



Baldi, C. C. A. 

319 Green Lane, Roxborough 

Barber, Dr. Edwin A. 

Memorial Hall 

Barr, J. E. 

M.'4 Walnut St. 

Bartlett, Dr. Clarence 

M37 Spruce St. 

Beath, Col. Robert B. 

419 Walnut St. 

Bergendahl, C. G. 

316 Walnut St. 

Biddle, Dr. Thomas 

22d and Sansom Sts. 



iSS 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Historical Committee — Continued 



Boyd, Peter 

North American Bldg. 

Brandt, Dr. Francis Burke 

Director. School of Pedagogy. 

Branson, Dr. Mary 

1719 Arch St. 

Brazer, Major Thurber T. 

Oak Lane P. O. 

Brinton, Dr. Lewis 

802 N. Broad St. 

Brown, Arthur Erwin 

Zoological Society. Fairmount Park 

Brubaker, Dr. A. P. 

Jefferson Medical College 

Brumbaugh, Dr. Martin G. 
City Hall 

Burch, Dr. Henry Reed 

Central Manual Training School. 

Burrett, Prof. O. H. 

Institution of the Blind. Overbrook 

Byea, Dr. 

Gynecean Hospital. i8th and Race Sts. 

Cadwalader, John 

263 S. 4th St. 

Campbell, William J. 
1008 Walnut St. 

Carson, Hon. Hampton L. 

1336 Walnut St. 

Carson, R. T. 

4629 Frankford Ave. 

Clark, Charles H. 
119 S. 4th St. 

Coyle, Robert M. 

425 Walnut St. 

Cheyney, Edward Potts 

259 S. 44th St. 

Dana, C. E. 

2013 DeLancey St. 

Dever, Dr. Richard 

Germantown Hospital 

Dixon, Samuel G. 

Academy of Natural Sciences 

Duane, Russell 

Land Title Bldg. 

Duhring, Rev. Herman L. 

Philadelphia City Mission 

Elkins, George W. 

Land Title Bldg. 



Erikson, Capt. A. J. 

23d and Ritner Sts. 

Evans, Dr. Horace Y. 

1631 Green St. 

Felton, E. C. 

SCO Girard Trust Bldg. 

Fife, Dr. Charles A. 
1927 Chestnut St. 

Fisher, Sidney George 

328 Chestnut St. 

Francine, Dr. A. P. 

218 S. 15th St. 

Franklin, Dr. Melvin M. 

1427 N. Broad St. 

Frazier, Dr. Charles H. 

Dean Med. Dept.. University Penna. 

Frazier, George H. 

330 Chestnut St. 
Fox, Dr. L. Webster 

1304 Walnut St. 

Fussell, Dr. M. Howard 

189 Green Lane 

Genth, Dr. F. A. 

Polyclinic Hospital 

Gilbride, J. J. 

2412 N. 6th St. 

Gray, Prof. W. F. 

Central High School 

Goepp, Dr. R. Max 

332 S. isth St. 

Harley, Dr. Lewis R. 

Central High School 

Hartley, Dr. Harriet L. 

1207 Locust St. 

Hays, Dr. I. Minis 

266 S. 2ISt St. 

Henry, Dr. Frederick P. 

1635 Locust St. 

Hetherington, A. G. 

City Hall 

Hevessy, Berthold 

Jewish Hospital. Old York Road 

Hexamer, Dr. C. J. 

419 Walnut St. 

Hirsch, Dr. A. B. 

171 1 Diamond St. 

Hirst, Dr. Barton Cook 

1821 Spruce St. 



189 



225TH ANNIVKKSAKV 



ForxDiNt; OK I'll II.. \i)i:i. I'll lA 



Historical Committee — Continued 



Holland, Dr. James 

loth and Walnut Sts. 

Holmes, W. H. 

52 E. Allen St. 

Howard, Dr. E. Clarence 

508 S. loth St. 

Howson, Henry 

109 N. 34th St. 

Jastrow, Dr. Morris, Jr. 

University of Pennsylvania 

Jenkins, Charles F. 

150 Washington Lane. Gtn. 

Jenks, John Story 
1937 Arch St. 

Jordan, Dr. John W. 
13th and Locust Sts. 

Keen, Gregory B. 

Hist. So. of Pa., 13th and Locust Sts. 

Keim, Dr. W. H. 

1716 N. i8th St. 

Keller, Prof. Harry F. 

Central High School 

Kelly, Dr. A. O. J. 

191 1 Pine St. 

Kinsey, Hon. John L. 

City Hall 

Korndoerfer, Dr. Augustus 
1728 Green St. 

Krusen, George C. 

339 N. 15th St. 

Krusen, Dr. Wilmer 
127 N. 20th St. 

Kucker, George W. 

1835 Land Title Bldg. 

Landis, Capt. E. R. 

II S. 2ISt St. 

Latta, Thomas L. 

3819 Spruce St. 

Lea, Arthur H. 

2004 Walnut St. 

Leach, J. Granville 

733 Walnut St. 

Learned, Prof. Marion D. 

University of Pennsylvania 

Leffman, Dr. Henry 

Women's Med. Coll., N. College Ave. 

Leiper, Capt. E. F. 

Front and Lehigh Ave. 



LaPlace, Dr. Ernest 

1828 S. Rittenhouse Square 
Lewis, John F. 

Academy of Fine Arts 

Lloyd, Dr. J. H. 

3918 Walnut St. 

Lucas, John 

2212 N. 20th St. 

MacAlister, Prof. James 

Drexel Institute 

Macfarlane, John J. 

Philadelphia Museums 

MacMaster, Prof. J. Bach 

3805 Locust St. 

Marshall, Dr. Clara M. 

258 S. l6th St. 

Massey, Dr. G. B. 
Professional Bldg. 

McCook, Rev. Dr. Henry C. 
Devon. Pa. 

McClure. Col. Alexander K. 

City Hall 

McFadden, George H. 

121 Chestnut St. 

McKean, H. Pratt 

328 Drexel Bldg. 
McKean, Thomas 

328 Drexel Bldg. 

Meigs, Dr. Arthur V. 
1322 Walnut St. 

Mercer, Henry C. 
Doylestown. Pa. 

Miller, Dr. Leslie W. 

School of Industrial Art. 
Milligan, William J. 

City Hall 

Mills, Dr. Charles K. 

1909 Chestnut St. 

Montgomery, Dr. E. E. 

1703 Walnut St. 

Moon, Dr. Robert C, 

Witherspoon Bldg. 

Morris, Harrison S. 

425 Chestnut St. 

Morris, John T. 

826 Pine St. 

Myers, Dr. Albert Cook 
Moylan, Pa. 



190 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Historical Committee — Continued 



Neff, Dr. Joseph 

City Hall 

Nelson, Thomas T. 

333 Walnut St. 

Nolan, Dr. E. J. 

1900 Race St. 

Norris, Dr. Richard C. 

500 N. 20th St. 

Oberholtzer, Dr. Ellis P. 
3509 N. 22d St. 

Ogelsby, W. D. 

Land Title Bldg. 

Packard, Dr. Francis R. 

1836 Pine St. 

Page, Dr. H. F. 

1907 Girard Ave. 

Paul, James W., Jr. 

Drexel & Co. 
Pennypacker, Hon. S. W. 

Schwenksville. Pa. 

Perrine, William S. 

Evening Bulletin 

Phillips, Charles L. 

1507 Walnut St. 

Posey, Dr. L. P. 

1807 Walnut St. 

Posey, Dr. Wm. Campbell 

2ist and Chestnut Sts. 

Ransley, Harry C. 

126 N. Front St. 

Remington, Prof. Joseph P. 

1832 Pine St. 

Riesman, Dr. David 

1624 Spruce St. 

Risley, Dr. S. D. 

1728 Chestnut St. 

Robb, Prof. J. I. 

Northeast Manual Training School. 

Rodman, Prof. William L. 
1904 Chestnut St. 

Rosengarten, James G. 

411 Real Estate Trust Bldg. 

Rosengarten, Joseph G. 

1704 Walnut St. 

Sachse, Julius F. 

Masonic Temple 

Sajous. Dr. C. E. de M. 

2043 Walnut St. 



Schoff, W. H. 

Philadelphia Museums 
Scott, William H. 

1211 Clover St. 

Search, Theodore C. 

Arcade Bldg. 

Sears, John V. 

44th and Chestnut Sts. 

Sharpless. Dr. Anna P. 

3926 Chestnut St. 

Sheldon, Prof. W. D. 

Girard College 

Shoemaker, Dr. Comly 

i8th and Buttonwood Sts. 
Shoemaker, Dr. John V. 

1805 Walnut St. 

Sinkler, Dr. Wharton 

348 S. 1 6th St. 
Smith, Prof. Edgar F. 

University of Pennsylvania 

Snively, Di«. I. N. 

1617 N. Broad St. 

Spangler, Dr. Harry W. 

University of Pennsylvania 

Stahl, Dr. B. F. 

St. Agnes's Hospital 

Stanhope, Henry 

Gimbel Brothtrs 

Stern, Dr. M. J. 

711 N. Franklin St. 

Talley, Dr. James E. 

1927 Chestnut St. 

Taylor, J. Gurney 
6041 Drexel Road 

Taylor, Dr. J. Madison 

1504 Pine St. 

Test, D. T. 

Supt. Penna Hosp.. 8th and Spruce Sts. 
Thomas, W. H. 

Girard Bldg. 

Thomas, Dr. T. Turner 

2005 Chestnut St. 

Thompson, Hon. Samuel Gustine 

505 Betz Bldg. 
Thomson, John 

Free Library 

Trumbauer, Horace 

Land Title Bldg. 



I9T 



OKFU l.\l. HISTORICAL SOl'\K\IK 



Historical Committee — Continued 



Tyson, Dr. James 

1504 Spruce St. 

Tyson, Dr. T. Mellor 

1506 Spruce St. 

Wall, William H. 

Franklin Institute 

Waylan, Dr. Julia G. 

183.. Tioga St. 

Welsh, Dr. William 

Municipal Hosp., 22d St. and Lehigh Ave. 
Wilcox, Joseph 

Wagner Institute 

Willard, Dr. DeForest 

19th and Chestnut Sts. 

Williams. Francis Howard 

Welcome Society 



Williams, Dr. H. F. 

50th and Market Sts. 
Wilson, Dr. Reynolds 

iith and Cherry Sts. 

Wolfe, Dr. Samuel 

1701 Diamond St. 

Woodbury, Dr. Frank 

;i8 S. i6th St. 

Wynne, Thomas 

51st and Lancaster Ave. 

Young, Dr. J. K. 

J 22 S. 1 6th St. 

Zane, George W. 

2234 W. Lehigh Ave. 



HISTORICAL PAGEANT 

Dr. Morris Jastrow, Jr., Chairman 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF HIS- 
TORICAL PAGEANT 

Albert G. Hetheringfton, Chairman 

HISTORIC SITES 
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, Chairman 

LOAN EXHIBITION 

Dr. John W. Jordan, Chairman 

HISTORIC INDUSTRIES LOAN 
EXHIBIT 

Dr. Leslie W. Miller, Chairman 

POSTAL CARDS 

John Thomson, Chairman 

TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH SEALS 

John Story Jenks, Chairman 

CONVENTION OF EDUCATORS 

Prof. James MacAlister. Chairman 



HISTORIC PANELS 

Dr. I. Minis Hays. Chairman 

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. HOSPI- 
TALS AND COLLEGES 

Dr. John V. Shoemaker, Chairman 

Dr. Frank Woodbury, Secretary 

FINANCE. WAYS AND MEANS 
Dr. H. F. Page, Chairman 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION 
Dr. John V. Shoemaker, Chairman 

SOCIETIES. SCIENTIFIC AND MEDI- 
CAL JOURNALS 

Dr. A. O. J. Kelly, Chairman 
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS 

Dr. James Holland, Chairman 

COMMITTEE ON HISTORIC EXHIBITS 
Dr. Joseph P. Remington. Chairman 



ig2 



225TH AXXIVERSARY FOUXDIXG OF PHILADELPHIA 



RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE 

REV. J. W. COCHRAN, Chairman 
Witherspoon Building 

GEORGE W. B. HICKS. Secretary 
205 City Hall 



PARK SERVICE 
Rev. G. E. Rees, Chairman 

Adams, Rev. Clinton Baltzell 

1743 N. 33d St. 
Adamson, Rev. Dr. C. Edgar 

623 Catharine St. 

Alspach, Rev. C. B. 

4923 Royal St., Gtn. 

Ash, Rev. Samuel S. 

314 Lafayette Ave., Swarthmore 
Bamford, Rev. Dr. Wm. 

1117 Shackamaxon St. 
Batman, Rev. L. G. 

nth and Berks Sts. 

Berkowitz, Rev. H. 

Broad and Mt. Vernon Sts, 
Berleman, Rev, F. W. 

341 Fairmount Ave. 

Bickley, Rev, Dr, C. W, 

1511 Orthodox St., Fkd. 

Bolton, Rev. J. Gray 

2100 Pine St. 
Boswell. Rev. Charles H. 

334 N. 63d St. 

Bowman, Rev. Dr. Linn 

1938 N. Park Ave. 

Burriss, Rev. E, E, 

63d St. and Girard Ave. 

Carty, Rev, Arthur C. 

2752 N. i2th St. 
Caven, Frank H. 

1415 North St. 

Channel], Rev. Wayne 

1333 E. Susquehanna Ave. 

Conwell, Rev, Dr. Russell H. 

Broad and Berks Sts. 

Cope, Rev. Edgar 

2650 N. 9th St. 

Coppin, Bishop L. J. 

1913 Bainbridge St. 
Creditt, Rev. Dr. William C. 
628 S. 19th St. 

Dager, Rev. F. E. 

Baptist Publication Society 

Dana, Rev. Dr. Stephen W. 

3925 Walnut St. 



13 



EXECUTIVE 

Rev. August Pohlman, Chairman 
Davis, George B. 

3930 Lancaster Ave. 

Downey, Rev, Dr. Wm, 

225 Washington Ave. 
Doyle, Michael Francis 

(Rep. Archbishop Ryan), Land Title Bldg 

Edgar, Rev. W. J. B. 

Broad and Lombard Sts. 
Ernst, Bernhard 

2920 N. 6th St. 

Ferris, Rev, G, H. 

17th and Sansom Sts. 
Foss, Bishop C. D, 

2043 Arch St. 

Fry, Rev, 'Charles L. 

3262 N. Park Ave. 

Gaul, Rev. Dr. George 

221 1 S. Broad St. 
Gibbons, Rev, Hughes O. 

323 Pine St. 

Gilbert, Rev. F, A. 

2434 N. Marshall St. 

Gray, Rev. Joseph R. Taylor 

17 W. Stratford Ave.. Lansdowne 

GruDb, Rev. N. B, 

5th and Diamond Sts. 
Guelich, Rev, Henry 

1326 Airdrie St. 
Hanna, Rev. Dr. J. D. C, 

426 N. 41st St. 

Hawes, Rev. Oscar B, 

5224 Greene St., Gtn. 

Hill, Rev. E. Y. 

255 S. 8th St. 

Hinkley, Rev. F. A. 

15th St. and Girard Ave. 

Hoffman, Rev. I. Chantry 

3501 N. 17th St. 

Holm, Rev. Dr. Gladstone 

1332 N. i2th St. 
Hoover, Rev. Dr. S. H. 

879 Highland Ave. 

Hoyt, Rev. Dr. Wayland 

3604 Chestnut St. 



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Religious Committee — Continued 



Hughes. Rev. J. S. 

2016 N. Twelfth St. 

Hunter. Rev. Dr. Robert 

igo2 Frankford Ave. 

Hutton, Rev. William 

l6;7 S. 13th St. 

Isenberg, Rev. James M. S. 

1541 N. 7th St. 

Janney, Robert U. 

15th and Race Sts. 

Johnson, Rev. Dr. A. 

i2og Lehigh Ave. 

Jones, Rev. Dr. William D. 

1509 N. 20th St. 

Jones, Rev. Samuel 

15th and Race Sts. 

Kirkpatrick, Rev. Thomas 

1661 Harrison St.. Fkd. 

Kloss, Rev. C. L. 

l8th and Green Sts. 

Krauskopf, Rabbi Joseph 

Broad St. and Montgomery Ave. 

Landau, Dr. J. H. 

7th St. and Columbia Ave. 

Lee, Rev. John Clarence 

1519 N. Gratz St. 

Lewis, Edwin O. 

509 West End Truft Bldg. 

Linaberry, Rev. William L. 

222 In:Hana Ave. 
Long, Rev. D. E. 

3347 N. Howard St. 
Lorah, Rev. Dr. George H. 

1003 Green St. 

Loughlin, Rev. J. F. 

Allegheny Ave. and Belgrade St. 

Lynch, Rev. Dr. Frank B. 

5034 Hazel Ave. 

Myers, Rev. H. W.. Jr. 

1551 E. Montgomery Ave. 

Pidge, Rev. Dr. John B. Gough 

2027 Wallace St. 

Pohlman, Rev. August 

52d and Race Sts. 

Rees, Rev. G. E. 

1003 S. 46th St. 
Richardson. Dr. N. 

Bybcrry, Pa. 

Riddles, Rev. G. A. 

I2th and Walnut Sts. 



Roberts, Rev. W. H. 

Witherspoon Bldg. 

Rosenberg, Morris 

716 N. Frankli.i St. 

Rowland, Rev. Dr. A. J. 

1630 Chestnut St. 

Ryan, Archbishop P. J. 

225 N. l8th St. 

St. John, Rev. Charles E. 

32 S. 2ISt St. 

Scouller, Rev. J. C. 

19th and Fitzwater Sts. 
Sellew, Rev. Dr. E. P. 

4th and Arch Sts. 

Shaffer, Rev. Dr. W. H. 

5106 Larchwood Ave. 

Simes, Rev. S. B. 

916 Swanson St. 

Steele, Rev. David McConnell 

330 S. 13th St. 

Stern. Rev. Dr. Benjamin S. 

413 N. 38th St. 

Stough, Rev. W. L. 

20tl Memphis St. 

Thomas, Rev. N. S. 

332 S. 2ISt St. 

Thomas, Rev. Dr. S. W. 

1513 Gratz St. 

Tomkins, Rev. Dr. Floyd W. 

1904 Walnut St. 

Washburn, Rev. Louis C. 

317 S. nth St. 

Whitaker, Bishop Ozi W. 

I2th and Walnut Sts. 

Wiest, Rev. E. F. 

loth and Wallace Sts. 

Wilbur, Rev. Henry W. 

140 N. 15th St. 

Wilson, Rev. J. G. 

1228 Eric Ave. 

Wolle, Rev. E. S. 

Franklin and Thompson Sts. 
Woodring, Rev. E. S. 
12th and Oxford Sts. 

Woolston, Rev. Dr. C. H. 

1 1 23 Marlborough St. 

Worcester, Rev. W. L. 

22d and Chestnut Sts. 

Young, Rev. C. A. 

Oxford and Hancock Sts. 
Zartman, Rev. Dr. Rufus C. 

1815 Oxford St. 
'94 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



MILITARY COMMITTEE 

GENERAL EDWARD MORRELL. Chairman 
1430 S. Penn Square 

COL. LEWIS E. BEITLER, Secretary 
1921 N. 33d St. 



Beath, Col. Robert B. 

419 Walnut St. 
Bowman, Brig.-Gen. W. P, 

414 Girard Trust Eldg. 

Coryell, Col. James B. 

1015 Penn Square Bldg. 

Craig, Joseph R. 

710 N. 15th St. 

Davis, George B. 

3930 Lancaster Ave. 

Davis, Major Howard A. 

Franklm Bldg. 

Elverson, Col. James, Jr. 

Philadelphia Inquirer 

Erb, Capt. J. Clayton 

336 S. 13th St. 
Ernst, Bernhard 

2922 N. 6th St. 

Good, Col. J. Lewis 

921 Spruce St. 
Groome, Capt. John C. 

1018 Clinton St. 
Hardart, Frank 

1624 N. 15th St. 
Hendler, Capt. Charles J. 

Betz Bldg. 
Hutchins, Col. J. Warner 

728 Sansom St. 

Kucker, George W. 

1835 Land Title Bldg. 

Latta, Gen. James W. 

1319 Pennsylvania Bldg. 



MacLeod, Capt. Norman 

427 Chestnut St. 

Machold, Capt. C. M. 

120 S. 6th St. 

Martin, Capt. Thomas S. 

127 City Hall 
Mulholland, Gen. St. Clair A. 

212 Post Office Bldg. 
Patton, Col. Edward W. 

400 Betz Bldg. 

Price, Col. William G. 

810 Sansom St. 
Redheffer, CoL W. H. 

1328 Arch St. 

Ruschenberger, Com. C. W. 

606 Real .Estate Trust Bldg. 

Ryan, Major Thomas J. 

1028 Land Title Bldg. 

Schermerhorn, Capt. Frank E. 

708 Crozer Bldg. 

Turner, Col. Hamilton D. 

2459 N. 19th St. 

Tyler, Capt. W. Preston 

1326 S. 46th St. 
Wiggins, Col. John R. 

717 Heed Bldg. 
Worman, Major John D. 

Unfted States Mint 
Yohn, Harry I. 

City Hall 



EXECUTIVE 

General Edward Morrell, Chairman 
Col. Lewis E. Beitler, Secretary 

UNITED STATES AND STATE TROOP 
DISPLAY 

Brig.-Gen. W. P. Bowman, Chairman 
Capt. Thomas S. Martin, Secretary 

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 

Col. Robert B. Bsath, Chairman 

Major John D. Worman, Secretary 



COMMISSARY 

Col. J. Lewis Good. Chairman 

Capt. W. Preston Tyler, Secretary 

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT 

Col. Hamilton D. Turner, Chairman 

Capt. J. Clayton Erb, Secretary 

HISTORIC DISPLAY 

Col. William G. Price, Chairman 

Major Howard A. Davis, Secretary 



'9.S 



(IFI'HIAI. II ISTOKU Al. .SOL'XKXIR 



INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE 

HON. JOHN WANAMAKER, Honorary Chairman 
13th and Chestnut Sts. 

W. S. P. SHIELDS, Chairman 
Witherspoon Building 

EDWARD JAMES CATTELL, Secretary 
682 City Hall 



Abrahams, William 

13th and Hamilton Sts. 

Acker, A. Lincoln 

1 2th and Market Sts. 

Aloe, Sidney A. 

Broad St. and Washington 

Allen, William 

718 Market St. 

Altberger, Jacob P. 

15th and Chestnut Sts. 

Anderson, Hon. Edward A. 

1415 Filbert St. 

Armstrong, Thomas 

Builders' Exchange 

Asbury, John C. 

1710 Christian St. 

Ashhurst, Hon. Richard L. 
Post Office Bldg. 

Ashman, Hon. W. N. 

City Hall 

Atkinson, John C. 

Builders' Exchange 

Audenried, Hon. Chas. Y. 

City Hall 

Ayer, F. Wayland 

3d and Chestnut Sts. 

Bacharach, Solomon 

131 Market St. 

Bailey. Walter A. 

Water and Tasker Sts. 

Barnes, J. Hampton 

Stephen Girard Bldg. 

Bartol, George E. 

Bourse Bldg. 

Barratt, Hon. Norris S. 

City Hall 

Baugh, Daniel 

20 S. Delaware Ave. 



Bellak, Leopold W. 

1219 Chestnut St. 



Bell, Hon. John C. 
Land Title Bldg. 

Bement, Clarence S. 

1234 Real Estate Trust Bldg. 

Benson, Col. R. Dale 

510 Walnut St. 

Bernstein, Arthur 

3d and Westmoreland Sts. 

Bethell, F. H. 

17th and Filbert Sts. 

Biddle. Hon. Craig 
City Hall 

Black, Hon. Hugh 

City Hall. 

Blankenburg, Rudolph 

City Hall 

Blasius, O. 

1020 Chestnut St. 

Blum, Gabriel 

loth and Market Sts. 

Blum. Ralph 

loth and Market Sts. 

Blythe, Richard A. 

114 Chestnut St. 

Boch, R. W. 

618 N. i6th St. 
Bodine, James E. 

413 Market St. 

Bok, Edward W. 

Curtis Publishing Co. 

Boltz, John H. 

15th St. and Lehigh Ave. 

Bonner. James B. 
Pennsylvania Bldg. 

Borgner, Cyrus 

23d and Race Sts. 

Bowers, Frank 

24th and Brown Sts. 

Boyd, George W. 

Broad Street Station. P. R. R. 



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225TH AXXIXERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



Boysen, John A. 

1812 Moyamensing Ave. 

Bradley, Thomas 

2ist and Market Sts. 

Bregy, Hon. F. Amedee 

City Hall 

Brehm, William H. 

Allegheny and Trenton Aves. 

Bringhurst. Hon. R. R. 

City Hall. 

Bromley, John 

Front and Dauphin Sts. 

Brown, Francis Shunk 

Stephen Girard Bldg. 

Brown, Hon. Wilson H. 
City Hall 

Brown, James F. 

Land Title Bldg. 
Brown, Thomas 

Palethorp and Huntingdon Sts. 

Buchholz, Eduard 

City Hall 

Buchsbaum, I. 

45 N. 3d St. 

Burk, Alfred E. 

409 Arch St. 

Burk, Louis 

1214 N. Third St. 

Burke, Henry Penn 

41S Walnut St. 

Burlinger, William 
1212 Market St. 

Burnham, George 

1 103 Harrison Bldg. 

Burnham, George, Jr. 

1218 Chestnut St. 

Burns, Robert 

J. Bromley's Sons 

Busch, Miers 

515 Arch St. 

Burt, John 

8th and Tasker Sts. 

Cabeen, Francis von A. 

810 Arcade Bldg. 

Cadwalader, Hon. John 

= 35 S. 4th St. 

Cadwallader, Charles L. 

looi Chestnut St. 



Carr, Hon. W. Wilkins 
City Hall 

Champion, H. W. 

24th and Vine Sts. 

Chase, Howard A. 

City Hall 

Clarke, Leon H. 

Sikes Chair Co., 23d and Ritner Sts. 

Clark, G. 

Ruth and Somerset Sts. 

Clark, Walton 

U. G. I. Co.. Broad and Arch Sts. 
Clay, Hon. Henry 

City Hall 

Clinton, C. H. 

Crozer Bldg. 

Clothier, Morris L. 

8th and Market Sts. 

Collins, William 

i2th and Glenwood Ave. 
Converse, John H. 

1610 Locust St. 

Conway, William 

58th and Walnut Sts. 

Cook, Edwin F. 

30th and Market Sts. 

Cortelyou, James T. 

Post Office Bldg. 

Costello, George M. 

22: Chestnut St. 

Costello, P. E. 

Torresdale and Washington Aves. 

Cottingham, John C. 

118 N. Delaware Ave. 

Cramp, William M. 

Commonwealth Trust Bldg. 

Crane, William 

23d and Locust Sts. 

Cummings, J. Howell 

Pres. John B. Stetson Co. 

Cunningham, Thomas W. 
City Hall 

Cunningham, Patk. J. 
iioi Chestnut St. 

Dallett, Morris 

256 S. 2ISt St. 

Daniel, C. A. 

629 Market St. 



197 



2J5'''" Ax.\ i\ i:ks.\kv i"(irxi)i.\(; of rii ii.adij.phia 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



Davis, W. Wayne 

146 N. Broad St. 

Degerberg. P. N. 

161J Clicstnut Si. 

Disston, William 

Taco.iy 

Dobson, Jeffries J. 

Bank St. 

Dobson, John 

21 N. Fro.it St. 

Donnelly, Charles P. 

City Hall 

Dougherty, William 

Builders' Exchange 

Duling, William S. 

igth and Buttonwood Sts. 

Durham, Hon. I. W. 

Betz Bldg. 

Dwyer, John 

Philadelphia Record 

Eiler, George, Jr. 

5th and Cherry Sts. 

Eisenlohr, Otto 

loth and Market Sts. 
Elliot, George 

Bell Telephone Co. 

Elverson, James 

Philadelphia Inquirer 

Elwell, William P. 

512 S. Delaware Ave. 

Ernst, Bernhard 

2922 N. 6th St. 

Eglin, William C. L. 

1000 Chfstnut St. 

Farnum, John 

-35 Chestnut St. 

Feeney, Frank 
2336 s. 15th St. 

Felin, Charles F. 

York Road and Butler St. 

Felin, John J. 

4142 Germantown Ave. 

Ferguson, Hon. William C. 

503 Mutual Life Bldg. 

Fetterolf, G. H. 

Way.ic Junction. 

Fisher, John P. 

Post Office Bldg. 



Fitch, E. H. 

306 N. Bread St. 

Fitzgerald, Harrington 

Evening Item 

Folwell, Nathan T. 

6-'5 Chestnut St. 

Foster. John H. 

Emerald and Adams Sts. 

Ford, John W. 

618 E. Girard Ave. 

Fow, John H. 

1415 Filbert St. 

Frank, Jacob 

13th and Arch Sts. 

French, Howard B. 

2021 Spruce St. 

Fleisher, Louis 

8th a.nd Arch Sts. 

Gantert, G. Hilton 

317 N. Bread St. 

Gager, A. H. 

6;3 Market St. 

Gendell, Hon. J. Howard 

City Hall 

Gibbon, Charles S. 

so N. <ith £t. 

Gibney, James L. 

ni N. Broad St. 

Gibson, John J. 

70s Land Title Bldg. 

Gimbel, Ellis A. 

9th and Market Sts. 

Goldsmith, Joseph 

422 Market St. 

Graham, George S. 

Cromer Bids. 

Gray, Peter 

30th and Walnut St5. 

Greenwood. John 

Emerald and Huntingdon Sts. 

Greenwood, R. 

:40 Chestnut St. 

Grieb, J. G. 

531 Market St. 

Griffith, Robert M. 

233 Chestnut St. 

Gyger. William 

4lh and Brown Sts. 



ir)8 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVLXIR 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



Hackenberg. W. B. 

612 Arch St. 

Hackett, Stanton H. 

252 S. 2d St. 

Hagman, W. J. 

2ist and Callowhill Sts. 

Halkett, William G. 

40 N. 3d St. 
Hallahan, P. T. 

8th and Filbert Sts. 

Hall, L. S. 

1404 Ridge Ave. 
Halyburton. Charles 

217 Walnut St. 

Hanlon, Felix L. 

21CO North American St. 

Hansen, George W. 

306 Market St. 

Hardwick, Harry 

1220 Market St. 

Harris, Frank M. 

1820 Wylie St. 

Harris, L. 

16 N. 3d St. 

Harrison, Thomas S. 

1520 Locust St. 

Hausmann, George 

51:1 Westminster Ave. 

Hazlett, James M. 

1537 S. Fifth St. 

Heppe, Florence J. 

1115 Chestnut St. 

Hess, Henry 

1716 N. Broad St. 

Hicks, George W. B. 

205 City Hall 

Hoffman, George F. 
413 Market St. 

Hopkins, E. F. 

Dock Street Market 

Horn, Herman 

427 N. Broad St. 

Hooper, Robert P. 

509 Arch St. 

Hoopes, Clement R. 

Broad and Buttonvtrood Sts. 

Howe, Frank, Jr. 

Garrick Theatre 



Huff, Charles L. 

5th and Market Sts. 

Humphreys, James A. 

102 1 Callowhill St. 

Huneker, John F. 

15th and Walnut Sts. 

Irvine, W. B. 

366 N. 24th St. 

Irwin, Charles 

City Hall. 

Jeffries, Thomas 

28 N. Front St. 

Johnson, Alba B. 

Baldwin Locomotive Works 

Johnson, James 

Builders' Exchange 

Johnson, John G. 

1335 Land Title BIdg. 

Johnson, W. H. 

1000 Chestnut St. 

Jermon, J. M. Rush 

City rtall 

Keen, Dr. W. W. 

1729 Chestnut St. 

Keith, Sidney W. 

Land Title Building 
Kendrick, Murdoch 

Crozer Bldg. 

Kennedy, S. Ridgway 

28 S. Water St. 

Kerk, W. A. 

221 Chestnut St. 

Kinsley, Charles L. 

420 Sansom St. 

Kirschbaum, Abraham 

Broad St. and Washington Ave. 

Klemmer, Hon. Joseph H. 

City Hall 

Kline, Mahlon N. 

428 Arch St. 

Knipe, Walter E. 

Hancock and Berks Sts. 

Knowles, George W. 

Post Office Bldg. 

Kuemmerle, Gustav A. 

Lawrence St. and Girard Ave. 

Lambdin, Dr. Alfred C. 

Philadelphia Ledger 



199 



OFFICIAL III.nToRKAL SULNEMK 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



Lambirth, Henry W. 

413 Betz Bldg. 

Lamorelle. Hon. Joseph F. 

City Hall 

Lane, Hon. David H. 

Land Title Bldg. 

Lang. Morris 

327 Market St. 

Latta, John S. 

1227 Arch St. 

Latta, W. J. 

Land Title Bldg. 

Lawrence, Charles P. 

16 N. Delaware Ave. 

Leake, Frank 

Hancock St. and Lehigh Ave. 

League, H. M. 

Tioga and Richmond Sts. 

Lee, Walter 

6th and Arch Sts. 

Lemon, Leon 

1326 Chestnut St. 

Longstreth, Charles 

4:7 N. 13th St. 

Leonhardt, Arno 

125 S. 5th St. 

Levin, Isidor 

30 S. Delaware Ave. 

Lewis, Edwin O. 

509 West End Trust Bldg. 

Lewis, Howard W. 

Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank 

Lewis, Wilfred 

i8th and Hamilton Sts. 

Lincoln, William H. 

415 Brown St. 

Lisberger, L. 

335 Market St. 

Lit, Samuel D. 

8th and Market Sts. 

Longstreth, Edward T. 

York Ave. and Callowhill St. 

Lotz. Jacob 

1827 S. Front St. 

Louchheim, Joseph A. 

1 ith and Wood Sts. 

Lucas, William E. 

4th and Race Sts. 



Lukes. Louis 

Hotel Walton 

Machold, C. M. 

120 S. 6th St. 
Magill, Hon. Edward W. 

City Hall 

Major, Charles 

Pennsylvania Bldg. 

Malcolm, C. 

1 2th and Chestnut Sts. 

Manko, L. H. 

419 Market St. 

Martindale, Thomas 

loth and Market Sts. 
Martin, Joseph J. 

30th and Market Sts. 

Martin, Hon. David 

Arcade Bldg. 

Martin, Hon. J. Willis 

City Hall 

Marvine, S. S. 

1301 Glenwood Ave. 

Matthews, C. J. 

417 Arch St. 
May, William C. 

500 S. Delaware Ave. 

Mayer, John B. 

2462 N. 32d St. 

Maynes, Roger J. 

Philadelphia Market 

McAllister, J. R. C. 

JI8 N. 13th St. 

McAvoy, Thomas 

31st and Dickinson Sts. 

McCall, Joseph B. 

1000 Chestnut St. 

McCaulley, Robert, Jr. 

156 Dock St. 
McCormick, Lawrence 

Bellevue-Stratford Hotel 

McCurdy, George 

1 201 Chestnut St. 

McFetridge. Samuel L. 

927 Arch St. 

McGowan. A. C. 

John Wanamakcr. 13th and Market Sts. 

Mclntire, Walter C. 

12 N. 5th St. 
200 



22^X11 AXXIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



McLaughlin, James F. 

City Hall 

McLaughlin, W. J. 

E. Washington Lane. Gtn. 

McLeister, Thomas 

Post Office Bldg. 

McMahon, William H. 

242 S. 2d St. 

McMichael, Hon. Charles B. 

City Hall 

McNeely, George H. 

172 N. 4th St. 

McNichol, Hon. J. P. 

Betz Building 

McVitty, T. E. 

303 Vine St. 

Medary, Robert S. 

1508 Chestnut St. 

Miller, B. F. 

227 Church St. 

Miller. George 

1308 Chestnut St. 

Mitchell, Joseph B. 

6th and Commerce Sts. 

Montgomery, Marshall 

48 N. Front St. 

Morrell. Richard 

53d St. and Wyalusing Ave. 

Morns. Charles E. 

623 Market St. 

Mulconroy, James J. 

722 Arch St. 

Mullen. E. D. 

Witherspoon Bldg. 

Muller, Gustavus A. 

23d and Master Streets 

Nathans. Harry 

8th and Spring Garden Sts. 

Nathanson, Harry M. 

nth and Market Sts. 

Neall, Frank L. 

318'. Walnut St. 

Nice. Winfield R. 

II S. Water St. 

Ochs, George W. 

Philadelphia Ledger 

O'Donnell, John 

4627 Frankford Ave. 



Oram, James R. 

2053 N, 13th St. 

O'Sullivan, James 
Post Office Bldg. 

Parker, J. M. 

237 Market St. 

Paulson, C. 

940 Paschal Ave. 

Penrose, Hon. Clement B. 

City Hall 

Perry. Robert S. 

35th and Gray's Ferry Rd. 

Pollock. James 

2226 E. Dauphin St. 

Peirce, Harold 

222 Drexel Bldg. 

Pooley. Edward F. 

1 6th and Tioga Sts. 

Popham, R. M. 

221 Chestnut St. 

Porter. Charles, Jr. 

Howard & Norris Sts. 

Quinn. Richard F. 

Post Office Bldg. 

Ralston. Hon, Robert 

City Hall 

Rawle, James 

J. G. Brill Co. 

Rebman, G. R. 

i2th and Sansom Sts. 

Reed, J. W. 

15th and Chestnut Sts. 

Reese, Charles P. 

3034 Market St. 
Reeves, Albert 

Builders' Exchange 

Reeves, Frank H. 

925 N. Darien St. 

Rickards, Z. Taylor 

1710 Filbert St. 

Roelofs, Henry H. 

loth and Brown Sts. 

Rosengarten, Harry B. 

gth and Parrish Sts. 

Rossmassler, Walter H. 

Sauquoit Mills 

Rotan, Hon. Samuel P. 
City Hall 



201 



JJtTII AXX1\I:US.\RY rOfXDIXC Ol" IMI II.ADKI.I'IIIA 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



Rudderow, Morris W. 

29th and Bristol Sts. 

Ryan, James J. 

514 Pennsylvania Bldg. 

Ryder, Perry 

5th and Cumberland Sts. 

Sailer, W. A. 

Washington Ave. and iith St. 

Sayen, Osgood 

421 Arcade Bldg. 

Schemm, P. A. 

Peter Schemm & Son 

Schlichter, Isaac, Jr. 

20 N. Front St. 

Schloss, L. 

1210 Race St. 

Schmidt, Charles E. 

327 Arch St. 

Schmidt, Edward A. 

Pres. C. Schmidt c& Sons 

Schoch, George Y. 

320 S. Delaware Ave. 

Schwartz, Charles E. 

231 S. American St. 

Schwem, John M. 

13 E. Wistar St.. Gtn. 

Search, Theodore C. 

914 Arcade Bldg. 

Seeds, Jacob J. 

115 N. 7th St. 

Sellers, Coleman, Jr. 

1600 Hamilton St. 

Sellers, Marvin G. 

Crozer Bldg. 

Shields, A. S. L. 

200 Bctz Bldg. 

Shubert, William 

112 Walnut St. 

Simon, John H. 

Terminal Market 

Simons, E. N. 

iith and Race Sts. 

Sinex, John H. 

18 S. 6lh St. 

Smith, Charles K. 

123 Arch St. 

Smith, George 

629 N. Broad St. 



Smith, Hon. William B. 

City Hall 

Smyth, Calvin M. 

1216 Arch St. 

Snellenberg, N. 

Iith and Market Sts. 

Spalding, Philip L. 

17th and Filbert Sts. 

Staake, Hon. William H. 

City Hall 

Stamm, S. 

39 N. 3d St. 

Stannard, Charles F. 
218 Dock St. 

Stearns, Hon. George R. 

City Hall 

Stead, Wesley 

4th and Cambria Sts. 

Steele, Joseph M. 

1600 Arch St. 

Stevens, J. S. 

Builders' Exchange 

Steward, J. M. 

2318 N. 13th St. 

Strauss, Nathan K. 

I2i6 Chestnut St. 

Stuart, Hon. Edwin S. 

Harrisburg 

Stockwell, F. E. 

Drexel Bldg. 

Sullivan, James F. 

Market Street National Bank 

Sulzberger. Hon. Mayer 

City Hall 

Swoyer, Joseph D. 

Mariner and Merchant Bldg. 

Tatman, Cyrus D. 

7th and Arch Sts. 

Taulane, Edward G. 

330 S. Delaware Ave. 

Thurber, Stephen 

Front and Vine Sts. 

Tillinghast, B. C. 

242 Market St. 

Tompkins, F. L. 
116 N. 8th St. 

Trainer, Edward A. 

820 S. 2d St. 



202 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



Trower, John S. 

5706 Main St.. Gtn. 

Tucker, William R. 
Bourse Bldg. 

Uhler, George H. S. 

106 N. Delaware Ave. 

VanLennep, Dr. W. B. 

1421 Spruce St. 

VanRensselaer, Alexander 

1801 Walnut St. 

VanValkenburg, E. A. 

The North American 

Vare, Hon. William S. 

City Hall 

Vetterlein, Joseph S. 

5th and Arch Sts. 

Vollmer, William 

Baldwin Locomotive Works 

Volmer, David 

3d and Arch Sts. 
vonMoschzisker, Hon. Robert 

City Hall 

Voorhees, H. B. 

24th and Chestnut Sts. 

Walker, A. H. 

1708 Chestnut St. 

Walker, Isaac C. 

531 Chestnut St. 

Walton, Charles S. 
260 N. 3d St. 

Walton, Hon. Henry F. 

Real Estate Trust Bldg. 

Walton, Hon. John M. 

City Hall 

Walton, L. F. 

12 S. 4th St. 

Wanamaker, L. Rodman 

13th and Market Sts. 

Warburton, Barclay H. 

Evening Telegraph 

Wark, W. E. 

Perry Bldg. 

Warwick, Hon. Charles F. 
810 Crozcr Eldg. 

Wasserman, Benjamin 

4th St. and Lehigh Ave. 

Watts, H. M. 

Ihe Press 



Waugh, A. E. 

Drexel Bldg. 

Weand, William 

524 N. 6th St. 

Webb, Charles J. 

116 Chestnut St. 

Webb, Elisha, Jr. 

43 S. Water St. 

Weinert, William 

Front and Vine Sts. 

Wells, Samuel C. 

Philadelphia Press 

Whitaker, John W. 

2405 N. 5th St. 

Whitley, Harry V. 

Post Office Bldg. 

Whitmer, R. F. 

Girard Bldg. 

Wiggins, John R. 
717 Heed Bldg. 

Wilden, J. P. 

116 Chestnut St. 

Wilkinson, Edwin 

Ambler and Adams St. 

Wilkinson, Joseph R. 

134 Dock St. 

Williamson, E. S. 

4852 Tacony St. 

Winsmore, Thomas 

123 Walnut St. 

Winston, John C. 

loth and Arch Sts. 

Willson, Hon. Robert N. 

City Hall 

Wilson, Charles E. 

135 S. 2d St. 
Wilson, Dr. William P. 

Philadelphia Museums 

Wilson, J. Howard 

35 N. 20th St. 

Wilson, John P. 

116 Dock St. 

Wilson, Joseph W. 

330 S. Delaware Ave. 

Wilson, Thomas 

1 133 N. 4th St. 

Wiltbank, Hon. William W. 
City Hall 



203 



OKKICIAI. HISTORICAL SOINKXIR 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



Wolf. Otto 

Prcs. Consumers' Brewing Co. 

Wood. John P. 

3 1st and Spring Garden Sts. 



Woolman, E. W. 

4709 Lancaster Ave. 

Ziegler, Lewis D. 

119 N. 5th St. 



EXECUTIVE 

W. S. p. Shields. Chairman 
Edward James Cattell. Secretary 

DRUGS. PAINTS AND CHEMICALS 

Howard B. French. Chairman 

PAINTS 

William E. Lucas, Chairman 

CHEMICALS AND DRUGS 
Harry B. Rosengarten, Chairman 

FOOD PRODUCTS 

Louis Burk, Chairman 

A. B. Dietrich. Secretary 

FISH AND OYSTERS 

Isidor Levin, Chairman 

PACKERS' AND BUTCHERS' PARADE 
George Hausmann. Chairman 

BUTCHERS AND PACKERS 

Thomas Bradley. Chairman 

ICE CREAM AND CONFECTIONERY 
W. Crane. Chairman 

BUTTER AND EGGS 

Stephen Thurber, Chairman 

PRODUCE 
John B. Wilson. Chairman 

MERCHANDISE 

Samuel D. Lit. Chairman 

BREWERS AND DISTILLERS 
Henry Hess. Chairman 

ALLIED BUILDING TRADES 

Joseph M. Steele. Chairman 

ELECTRICITY 

Joseph B. McCall. Chairman 

WEARING APPAREL 

Charles E. Morris, Chairman 

LEATHER. BOOTS AND SHOES 
George H. McNeely. Chairman 



ROPE. TWINE AND SHIP CHANDLERY 
George F. Hoffman. Chairman 

RUBBER GOODS 

George M. Costello. Chairman 

POST OFFICE EXHIBIT 
Richard L. Ashhurst. Chairman 

MACHINERY 
Alba B. Johnson, Chairman 

TOOL MANUFACTURERS 
Coleman Sellers. Jr.. Chairman 

BLACKSMITHS 
Francis von A. Cabeen. Chairman 

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS 
Charles Longstreth. Chairman 

BOILERMAKERS 

Clement R. Hoopes. Chairman 

BRASS FOUNDERS 
Wilfred Lewis, Chairman 

MILL SUPPLIES 

Morris W. Rudderow, Chairman 

PUMPS AND HYDRAULICS 

W. J. Hagman. Chairman 

STRUCTURAL WORKERS 

Charles Major, Chairman 

LAUNDRY MACHINERY 

H. M. League. Chairman 

TEXTILES 

Nathan T. Folwell. Chairman 

DYERS 

Walter E. Knipe. Chairman 

COTTON GOODS AND YARN 
Richard A. Blythe. Chairman 

KNIT GOODS AND HOSIERY 
Thomas Brown. Chairman 



204 



225TII AXXI\KK.SARV FOUXDIXG OF PHILADELPHIA 



Industrial Committee — Continued 



LACES 

Robert Burns, Chairman 

WOOLEN GOODS 
John Burt, Chairman 

WORSTED GOODS 
John P. Wood, Chairman 

WOOL 
J. P. Wilden, Chairman 

CARPETS 
Perry Ryder, Chairman 

PLUSH GOODS 
Jeffries J. Dobson, Chairman 

SILK 

Walter H. Rossmassler, Chairman 

CHENILLE AND TABLE COVER 

G. Clark, Chairman 

TEXTILE SCHOOL 
Theodore C. Search, Chairman 



PIANO 

Leopold W. Bellak, Chairman 

UPHOLSTERY 
Benjamin Wasserman, Chairman 

RUG 
Perry Ryder, Chairman 

FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS 
Charles Schwartz, Chairman 

AUTOMOBILE 
W. Wayne Davis, Chairman 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
Howard W. Lewis, Chairman 

FURNITURE AND HOUSE DECORA- 
TIONS 
Ellis A. Gimbel, Chairman 

GAS 
Walton Clark, Chairman 



TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 



Albrecht. Emil P. 
Philadelphia Bourse 

Crawford, F. W. 

12 S. Delaware Ave. 
Groves, F. S. 

Pier 3. S, Delaware Ave. 

Lucas, O. F. 

Pier i8. S. Wharves 

Meirs. Richard Wain 

1336 Walnut St. 



N. B. KELLY, Chairman 
Trades League 

Parsons, John B. 

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. 

Summerfield, Charles W. 

Merchants' & Travelers' Assn. 

Voorhees. H. B. 

24th and Chestnut St. 

Weeks, Edson J. 

Reading Terminal 

Ocheltree, Samuel L. 

1227 Market St. 



NAVAL DISPLAY COMMITTEE 



HON. BOIES PENROSE. Chairman 
Arcade Building 



Bingham, Hon. H. H. 

315 S. i2th St. 

Cook, Hon. Joel 

849 N. Broad St. 

Foulkrod, Hon. W. W. 

4716 Leiper St.. Fkd. 



McCreary, Hon. George D. 

3301 Arch St. 

Moon, Hon. R. O. 

405 Pennsylvania Bldg. 

Moore, Hon. J. Hampton 

Crozer Bldg. 



20: 



2J51"" ANNIVERSARY FOUNUINC. OF I'll 1 l.AUKI.I'UI A 



STORE DECORATION COMMITTEE 

MURDOCH KENDRICK. Chairman 
Crozer Building 

HENRY W. LAMBIRTH, Secretary 
413 Betz Building 



Atkin, John F. B. 

Crozer Bldg. 

Bodine, J. M. 

Berg Brothers 

Bulmer, W. H. 

Lit Brothers 

Clement, Samuel M. 

804 Land Title Bldg. 

Eckersley, James H. 

City Hall 

Kinsley, Charles L. 
420 Sansom St. 

Koerber, J. A. 

Strawbridge & Clothier 



McAuley, W. J. 

821 N. 41st St. 

Ryan, James J. 

514 Pennsylvania Bldg. 

Shern, Daniel J. 
1013 Betz Bldg. 

Silk, S. H. 

N. Snellenburg & Co. 

Talley. J. E. 

John Wanamaker 

Uben, O. F. 

Blum Brothers 

Wendel, C. F. 

Gimbel Brothers 



CHIEF OF PUBLICATION 

WILLIAM W. MATOS 



206 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIK 

RIVER DISPLAY COMMITTEE 

HON. JOHN C. GRADY, Chairman 
348 Bourse Building 

SAMUEL B. MACDONNELL, Secretary 
351 Bourse Building 



Adams, William R. 

333 Bourse Bldg. 

Baizley, John H. 

621 McKean St. 

Baizley, Rudolph R. 

514 S. Delaware Ave. 

Baker, J. B. 

Penna. R. R., 32d and Powelton Ave. 

Baymore, Joseph 

III Walnut St. 

Biddle, Edward 

3915 Locust St. 

Bougher, H. M. 

1021 N. Delaware Ave. 

Beyer, Charles S. 

525 Cooper St., Camden 

Bradley, Hon. William J. 

Mariner and Merchant Bldg. 

Brown, A. F. 

ilg Walnut St. 

Buckley, Richard Vaux 
Philadelphia Club 

Butterworth, A. H. 

Delaware Ave. and Market St. 

Cadwallader, Charles L. 

looi Chestnut St. 

Cathrall, Eugene H. 

102 Walnut St. 

Christian, A. W. 

526 Bourse Bldg. 

Clarke, George 

Beach and Palmer Sts. 

Clark, E. Walter 

321 Chestnut St. 

Coffin, William 

Amboy Div. P. R. R., Camden 

Connell, Charles E. 

181 City Hall 
Connelly, John P. 

508 Commonwealth Bldg. 

Cornell, Howard E. 

1336 Beach St. 



Coyle, John J. 

1412 Arch St. 

Cramp, Charles H. 

Union League 

Crawford, John 

26th St. and Westfield Ave., Camden 
Croft, John W. 

Camden 

Degerberg, P. N. 

1612 Chestnut St. 

Dempsey, Lawrence A. 

Ill Walnut St. 

Dialogue, John H. 

Camden 

Dilkes, Harry P. 

Mariner and Merchant Bldg. 

Doran, John M. 

Greenwich Point. Philadelphia 

Dorrance, John T. 

Camden 

Drew, Arthur J. 

SS3 Bourse Bldg. 

Dunn, John, Jr. 

347 Bourse Bldg. 

Earnshaw, George E. 

Bullitt Bldg. 

Eavenson, M. M. 
Camden 

Ellis, Hon. Charles H. 

Mayor, Camden 

Farwell, Charles P. 

330 S. Delaware Ave. 

Felton. Herbert C. 

Supt. P. & R. Ferry Co.. Camden 
Ferris, Isaac, Jr. 

Camden 

Fisher, John F. 

545 Bourse Bldg. 

Forrest, Henry C. 

Torresdale 

Fox, Dr. L. Webster 

1304 Walnut St. 

207 



OFFICIAL IIISTUKKAL SULXI.XIK 



River Display Committee — Continued 



Fry, Eugene 

607 Ranstfad St. 

Gabriel. Joseph C. 

Point Breeze 

Garrett. C. C. 

N. Y. Shipbuilding Co.. Camden. 

Goering, Oscar 

425 Chestnut St. 

Grandfield. William J. 

308 Walnut St. 

Groves, F. S. 

Pier 3, S. Delaware Ave. 

Grove. H. S. 

Beach and Ball Sts. 

Grundy, Joseph R. 

Bristol 

Haddon, Charles K. 

Camden 
Hagerman, O. H. 

Port Richmond 

Hagar, Walter F. 

4^1 Chestnut St. 

Haldt, Louis H. 

117 Walnut St. 

Hasskarl, Joseph F. 

553 Bourse Bldg. 
Heller. Dr. Henry D. 

Bullitt Bldg. 

Hill. Hon. Chester W. 

Custom House 

Holton, J. S. W. 

421 Chestnut St. 

Hughes, Albert N. 

115 Walnut St. 

Hughes. James A. 

IIS Walnut St. 

Hughes. Samuel 

351 Bourse Bldg. 

Hughes, W. J. 

Drexel Bldg. 

Hurley. W. L. 

Camden 

Jackson, I. Irvin 

1005 Real Estate Trust Bldg. 

Junk, Daniel J. 

113 Walnut St. 

Justus, Philip 

III Walnut St. 



Kelly, George 

610 Market St. 

Kelly, N. B. 

Trades League 

Knipe, Dr. J. C. 

2035 Chestnut St. 

Knipe, James N. 

Mariner and Merchant Bldg. 
Langsdorf. Morris K. 

551 N. 5th St. 

Lawrence. Charles P. 

16 N. Delaware Ave. 

Lloyd, W. S. 

Wayne Junction 

Locke. E. G. 

33 Cooper St.. Camden 

Long, Elmer E. 

Broadway and Federal St.. Camden 

Long, Howard M. 

Land Title Bldg. 

Matthews, Henry 

III Walnut St. 

May. DeCourcey 

N. Y. Shipbuilding Co.. Camden 

Mathis, J. Herbert 

Cooper's Point. Camden 

Megee, Charles T. 

113 Walnut St. 

Megee, William H. 

135 S. 2d St. 

Mershon, Abner H. 
Land Title BIJg. 

Middleton. John 

219 Walnut St. 

Nagle. James W. 

Philadelphia Record 
Nicholson, J. L. 

I 10 Walnut St. 

O'Brien. James A. 

136 Walnut St. 

Palmer, Theodore B. 

Tasker Street Wharf 
Pickering, Maylin J. 

1605 Park Ave. 

Poole. H. H. H. 

Bristol 

Quigley, William H. 

Cooper's Point. Camden 



208 



FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



River Display Committee — Continued 



Renner, Arthur F. 

351 Bourse BIdg. 

Robinson, W. W. 

Provident Bldg. 

Ruddle, John 

108 S. 4th St. 

Samuels, W. S. 

351 Bourse Bldg. 

Schmaal, Gustav 

Paulsboro, N. J. 

Schmid, William 

26th St. and River Ave.. Camden 

Seger, Charles 

1 105 Betz Bldg. 

Sellers, Coleman, Jr. 

i6co Hami!t-n St. 

Sexton, Robert H. 

641 Bourse Bldg. 

Sharwood, E. R. 

Maritime Exchange 

Shaw, Graham 
u. G. I. Co. 

Shoe. N. B. 

Ill Walnut St. 

Smith, James 

127 Walnut St. 

Sproul, William H. 

Chester 

Sproule, George F. 
351 Bourse Bldg. 

Steelman, Z. S. 
127 Walnut St. 

Stetser, Herbert F. 

Pier 5, S. Delaware Ave. 
Stetson, David S. 

109 Walnut St. 

Stetson, James N. 

208 Walnut St. 

Stewart, William B. 

Supt. p. & C. Ferry Co.. Camden 



Taylor, Frederick W. 

455 Bourse Bldg. 

Thomas, Edwin M. 
Union League 

Thompson, William J. 
Gloucester 

Todd, P. D. 

421 Chestnut St. 
Trainer, Harry J. 

171 City Hall 

Van Sciver, Harry B. 
Pine Street Wharf 

Van Sciver, J. B. 

Camden 

Walker, Charles L. 

113 Walnut St. 

Watson, R. J. 

Pier 5. N. Delaware Ave 

Webb, Elisha, Jr. 

136 S. Front St. 

Williamson, Jesse, 2d 

517 Chestnut St. 

Wilson, Hon. Horace 

Mayor. Wilmington 

Wilson, Joseph W. 

330 S. Delaware Ave. 

Winsmore, Robert J. 

109 Walnut St. 

Winsmore, Thomas 

123 Walnut St. 

Wood, Edward S. 

Camden 

Wood, Morrison D. 

509 Cuthbert St. 

Young, P. F. 

408 Bourse Bldg. 

Zane, George W. 

2234 W. Lehigh Ave. 



ARRANGEMENTS 

David S. Stetson, Chairman 
Samuel B. Macdonnell, Secretary 

DECORATIONS 
Charles P. Lawrence, Chairman 



SHIPBUILDING 

H. S. Grove, Chairman 

NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES 
Henry C. Forrest, Chairman 



209 



OFFICIAL UISTURICAI. SOUVENIR 

River Display Committee — Continued 

FIREWORKS STEAMSHIPS 

John H. Baizley, Chairman William J. Grandfield. Chairman 

ANCHORAGE STEAMBOATS 

J. S. W. Holton. Chairman Herbert F. Stetser, Chairman 

TOWBOATS SAILING VESSELS 

A. F. Brown, Chairman James N. Stetson, Chairman 

YACHT CLUBS MUSIC 

E. Walter Clark, Chairman Morris K. Langsdorf, Chairman 

VISIT TO WASHINGTON 

Theodore B. Palmer, Chairman 



DECORATION COMMITTEE 

FRANK H. CAVEN, Chairman 

615 Fidelity Building 

Ransley, Harry C. Stokley, John H. 

126 N. Front St. 2947 Frankford Ave. 

Nelson, Thomas T. Gillingham, Chas. A. 

333 Walnut St. 1648 S. I2th St. 



MUNICIPAL DAY COMMITTEE 

WALTER T. SYKES, Chairman 
Hancock and Huntingdon Streets 

Rosenberg, Morris McAllister, J. R. C. 

716 N. Franklin St. 218 N. 13th St. 

Holmes, Wm. Henry Morton, Thomas J. 

52 E. Allen St. 1453 N. Tenth St. 



CHILDREN'S DAY COMMITTEE 

GEORGE W. ZANE, Chairman 
22-?4 W. Lehigh Avenue 

Connelly, John P. Ransley, Harry C. 

508 Commonwealth Bldg. 126 N. Front St. 

Hardart. Frank Trainer. Harry J. 

1624 N. 15th St. 171 City Hall 

210 



22^TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

SPORTS AND KNIGHTS TEMPLAR FIELD DAY 

COMMITTEE 



CHARLES E. CONNELL, Chairman 
'8i City Hall 

EDWARD JAMES CATTELL, Secretary 
682 City Hall 



Hazlett. James M. 

■537 S. 5th St. 

Nelson, Thomas T. 

333 Walnut St. 
Davis, Geo. B. 

3930 Lancaster Ave. 

Ernst, Bernhard 

2922 N. Sixth St. 

Caven, Frank H. 

615 Fidelity BIdg. 



Bower, Frank 

802 N. 24th St. 

Williamson, Jesse 2d, 

517 Chestnut St. 

Burke, Henry Penn 

418 Walnut St. 

Davis, W. Wayne 

600 N. Broad St. 

Friedgen, Wm. G. 

1 146 Tioga St. 



Shell, Dr. J. K. 

1004 Chestnut St. 



ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

EDWIN O. LEWIS, Chairman 
509 West End Trust Building 
Sykes, Walter T. 

Hancock and Huntingdon Sts. 

Fatten, Edward W. 

404 Betz Bldg. 



Seger, Charles 

1105 Betz Bldg. 

McAllister, J. R. C. 
218 N. 13th St. 



Rosenberg, Morris 

716 N. Franklin St. 

Buchholz, Eduard 

183 City Hall 



MUSIC COMMITTEE 

CHARLES SEGER, Chairman 
1 105 Betz Building 

Morton, Thomas J. 

1453 N. loth St. 

McAllister, J. R. C. 

218 N. 13th St. 



REVIEWING STANDS COMMITTEE 



Gillingham, Chas. A. 

1648 S. i2th St. 

Stokley, Jno. H. 

2947 Frankford Ave. 



THOS. J. MORTON, Chairman 
1453 N. Tenth Street 

Hazlett, Jas. M. 

■537 S. 5th St. 



Holmes, Wm. Henry 

52 E. Allen St. 



211 



OrriCIAI. HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 

ILLUMINATION COMMITTEE 

EDUARD BUCHHOLZ, Chairman 
183 City Hall 

Kucker. Geo. W. McCurdy, Geo. 

1835 Land Title Bldg. 1201 Chestnut St. 

Patton, Edward W. Lewis. Edwin O. 

404 Betz Bldg. 509 West End Trust Bldg. 



BADGE COMMITTEE 

HARRY J. TRAINER, Chairman 
171 City Hall 

Sykes, Walter T. McCurdy, Geo. 

Hancock and Huntingdon Sts. 1201 Chestnut St. 

Hazlett, James M. Connelly, John P. 

1537 S. 5th St. 508 Commonwealth Bldg. 



2 I 2 



I 



H lal lE i llc i oi = > ||i H lczil l i 

Captains; of Subusitrp 

THE MEN, THE MANUFACTURERS, THE 
FINANCIERS, AND THE MERCHANTS 

WHO HAVE MADE 

PHILADELPHIA 

FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD 




A HEARTY WELCOME 

IS EXTENDED TO EVERY PHILADELPHIAN AND 
TO EVERY VISITOR TO PHILADELPHIA TO INSPECT 
THE PLACES OF BUSINESS AND THE INSTITUTIONS 
REFERRED TO IN THIS VOLUME. 



OFFICIAL IIISTORICAI. SOUVRNIR 



List of Advertisers 



.318 



Abbott, Edwin M 

Alien & Company 

Alphia Knitting Alills 

American Assnrance Company... 

.Andrews, Wesley R 

.-\jax Metal Company 

.-\nierican Bank Note Company. . 

.■\merican Book Co 

.Vnierican Pnlley Company 

.-\inerican Seating Co 

.Argo Mills Co 

.\rmstronf; and Latta Co 

.■\rnolcl. James 

.-Xslibridge, .\bram Sharpies, Jr.. . 

.Vslilnirst. Richard L 

Atkinson, VVilmer Co 

.-\tlantic Frnit Company 

.-Vllantic Refining Co 

.-\tterlinry, William Wallace 

.Autolight and Motor Snpply Co 

.Anto Transit Co. of Philadelphia 

Aver, N. W. & Son 

Rader, Daniel S 

Baile. Robt. Co.. Inc 

Baily, Joshna L. & Co 

Baldi, C. C. A. Bros. & Co 

Baldwin Locomotive Works 330 

Banca, Calabrese 

Barney, Chas. D. & Co 

Barrow, W. Brnce 

Bassett, McNab & Co 

Barnes, John I lampton 

Barnes. William Henry 

Bear. Wm. L. & Co 

Beebcr, Dimner 

Bellaks, James Sons 

Bell. John C 

Bell Telephone Company 

Belmont Iron Works 

Bemeiit-Miles Works 336- 

Beneficial Saving h'und Society 

Bemiett, Jacob & Son 

Bilgrim. Hngo 

liilolta. Frank R 

r.iiiren & Co 

liirkin, T. I. & Co 

liiickius, C. Co 

Bddenstein & Kucmmerle, Inc 

Undine. Sons & Co 

1 '1 ilger & Cummins 

Bnnsor. C. V. & Co., Inc 

Ik>rnot, A. P., Bro. & Company 

Boyd. James &• Bro., Inc 

Boyertown Burial Casket Co 

Bowm.in. Wendell Phillips 

Bradley. Milton Co 

I Ireyer Ice Cream Co 

Bridesburg Paper Mills 

P.riggs' Riding .Academy 

Brill. J. G. Company 226-227- 

Bringhurst. Robert R 

Broun, Felix 

I'.rnwn, J. Howard & Co 

Urumfield, J. C 

Buchanan, George H. Company... 

Caldwell. J. E. & Co 

Campbell, James F 

Carroll, Ben. L 

Carroll, H. C. and Sons 

Carver, C. R. Company 

Castner, Curran & Bullitt 

Cattie Brothers Co 

Calls, Robert M 

Cazznlo, Stephen 

Chambers Brothers Co 

Chandler Brothers & Company... 

Chapin. George W 

Clark. F.. W^ & Co 

Clark's Iron Foundrv 



464 
314 
450 
279 
476 

349 
298 
291 
350 
423 
451 
411 
297 
474 
472 
290 
382 

-319 
222 
366 
486 
303 
393 
.361 
446 
372 
■331 
260 

255 

.371 

453 

22s 

22s 

260 

4S8 

502 

466 

427 

361 

337 

238 

488 

352 

260 I 

257 

452 

306 

423 

258 

404 

387 

492 

273 
424 

46 T 
294 
383 
293 
500 
228 

477 
405 
502 

384 
506 
487 
474 
489 
410 
304 
430 
364 
373 
413 
.34^ 
258 
449 
255 
351 



Clark's, J. W. Sons 

Clopp, (jeo. B 

Connnercial Trust Company 

Connnonwealth Title Ins. & Tr. Co. 244-245 

Connnonwealth Casualty Company 

Consolidated Dressed Beef Company 

County I'^ire Insurance Company 

Cramp. Mitchell & Shober 

Crane Ice Cream and Dairy Co 

Crawford, Joseph Ury 

Crcssey, Kendall B 

Creth & Sullivan 

Croft, [lowland, Sons & Co 

Crompton, John Company 

Cunningham Paving and Construction Co. 

Curtis Publishing Company 288 

D'.'\mbrosio, V 

Davis Brothers 

Dawson, J. R. Mfg. Co 

Deemer & Jaisohn 

Delaware Insurance Company of Phila... 

Dennison Manufacturing Company 

Denny, Chas. W 

Devlin, Thomas Mfg. Co 

Dialogue, John 1 1. & Son 

Di Berardino, F'rank 

Di Berardino, Henry 

Dieiielt & Eisenhardt, [nc 

Dill & Collins Co 

Diller, Caskey & Keen 

Dimmick, J. K. & Co 

Disston, I Icnry & Sons, Inc 332 

Di.xon, Joseph Crucible Co 

Dobbins, W. H. & Co 

Dodds, John A 

Dougherty, William R 

Doyle, Michael Francis 

Drake & Stratton Company 

Drayton & Elkins 

Duane. Russell 

Dungan, 1 lood, & Co 

Dyer. John 1',, Quarry Co 

Eavenson. J. & .Sons, Inc 

Eighth National Bank 

El lenberg, H arry 

Ellison, John B. & Sons 

Empire Galvanizing Co., Inc 

Employers' Indemnity Company of Phila.. 
Employers' Liability .Assurance Corporation 

England, Walton, & Co., Inc 

Enterprise Cornice Works 

Enterprise Mfg. Co. of Pennsylvania 

Ernst. Bernhnrd 

Eshleman & Craig Co 

Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co 

Etter Erecting Company, Inc 

Etting & Co 

Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank 

Fay, Edward & Son 

Fell Brothers 

Pels & Co 

Fidelity Trust Company 

I-'idelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland.... 

Field. Barker & Underwood 

Field & Company 

Finletter, Thomas Knight 

Fire .Association of Philadelphia 

Firth & Foster Company 

I-'iscbcr, Jos. C. & Son 

F'isher Leather Belting Co., Inc 

Franklin Xational Bank 

Fries- 1 larlev Companv 

Fuller. Allen J '. 

Gans Brothers 

Garrett-Buchanan Co 

Garrett, C. S. & Son Co 

Gatchel & Manning 

Gaumer. John L. Co 

Gazzam. Joseph M 



296 

3(14 
248 
246 
279 
496 
266 
243 
379 
224 
271 
J72 
500 
360 
403 
-289 
259 
508 
365 
500 
268 
285 
402 
.352 
501 
261 

374 
360 
282 
368 
496 
-333 
295 
299 

4'7 
401 

47" 
400 

257 
460 
310 
408 
386 
234 
371 
440 
3S8 
277 
278 
308 
367 
348 
385 
453 
295 
392 
273 
230 
407 
295 
507 
241 
482 
411 
359 
468 
268 
493 
484 
316 
232 
499 
475 
296 
283 
286 
301 
355 
459 



214 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Geilfuss', H. H. Son 388 

Geiidell, J. Howard 503 

General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance 

Corporation 276 

General Fire Extinguisher Company 272 

Gillindcr & Sons, Inc 325 

Ginn & Company 292 

Girard Trust Company 242 

Glenn, George A. & Co 406 

GoII, John & Co 404 

Goodricli, B. F. Co 262 

Gorman, James E 473 

Graves, N. Z. Co 326 

Greene, Stephen Company 287 

Griffith, David R., Jr 478 

Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co.... 240 

Gummey, J. M. & Sons 370 

Habermehl's, J. J. Sons 485 

Hagan, John 414 

Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company 420 

Hand, John E. & Sons 363 

Harned, Thomas Biggs 463 

Harned, Thomas Biggs, Jr 463 

Harting, Mrs. G. L 505 

Hastings & Co 323 

Hanghton, Jonathan 405 

Hauser, John 495 

Hausmann, George & Sons ^87 

Heath, D. C. & Co 293 

Heller, Dr. Henry D 503 

Henry & West 259 

Hensel Colladay Company 447 

Herb, M 416 

Hess Machine Works 355 

Hetzel, Geo. C. Co 448 

Highland Worsted Mills 451 

Hinckley, Robert H 465 

Hinds, Noble & Eldridge 294 

Hirst-Roger Company 442 

Hofstetter Bros 297 

Holmes & Clark 388 

Holmesburg Trust Company 254 

Home Life Insurance Co 271 

Hoopes & Townsend Co 341 

Horn & Brannen Manufacturing Co 353 

Hulton Dyeing & Finishing Co 454 

Hutchinson, Joseph Baldwin 222 

Huyler's 388 

Hydraulic-Press Brick Company 409 

Insurance Company of North America 267 

Insurance Co. of the State of Penna 270 

Integrity Title Insurance Trust and 

Safe Deposit Co 252 

Irwin, Charles 477 

Irwin, James M. & Co 419 

Italo-American Company 259 

"IXL" Pump and Mfg. Co 365 

Jackson, J. T. & Co 371 

Tanney. St'^inmctz & Co 367 

Jayne. Dr. D. & Son 321 

Jefferson F'ire Insurance Company . . . 270 
Jessup & Moore Paper Company .... 284 
Johnson, Charles Eneu & Company.... 30^ 

Johnston, Holloway & Co ^12;^ 

Justice, C. G. Company 385 

Keller Manufacturing Co 362 

Kenilworth Inn 483 

Kennedy, R. E. & Co 262 

Kennedy, S. R. & S. W 383 

Kennerly, J. Blair 456 

Kent, Thomas, Manufacturing Co 456 

Ketterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Co 299 

Keyser, William H 294 

Keystone Coal & Coke Co 429 

Keystone Leather Co 309 

Keystone Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . . 280 

Klemmer, Joseph H 47=j 

Knickerbocker Lime Company 408 

Kohn, Adler Si Co 448 

Ladner & Ladner 473 

Laird, Schober & Co 312 

Lang, John, Paper Co 286 



Lanston Monotype Machine Co 300 

Latta, John S. & Co 326 

Law & Burwell 419 

Lawson, Thomas L. & Sons 259 

Lawson, William J 478 

Leas & McVitty, Inc 307 

Leedom, Joseph 470 

Leonhardt, Arno 297 

Lewis, H. & W. H 447 

Lifter Ice Cream Co 383 

Lloyd, Stacy Barcroft 471 

Lockhart-MacBean Co., Inc 455 

Loeb, Elias & Co 316 

Lombardi & Pascuzzi 39S 

Loomis-Manning Filter Company 498 

Lucent Oil Company 326 

Lukens, William H. R 465 

Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery . . 238 

Lynch Brothers 502 

McAdoo & Allen 311 

McAvoy Vitrified Brick Co 411 

McCahan, W. J. Sugar Refining Co. . . 376 

McCaulley. Robert 3S4 

McCleman, H, A. & Bro 390-S9I 

McClure, A. K " . . 468 

McCormick & Co 403 

McCrea, James 220 

McGaw & Gray 406 

McHugh, M. & J. B 405 

Mclntire, Walter C. & Company 428 

McMahen, Wm. H 423 

McNeely & Company 310 

McNeely & Price 311 

McNiece, William & Son 357 

McVey, John Jos 294 

Mackay-Smith, Alexander 474 

Maguire, F. T 499 

Maneely. Francis J 462 

Mann, William Company 287 

Manufacturing Company of America.. 385 

Maris Bros 364 

Marley, William Company 296 

Marshall Bros. & Co 368 

Maryland Casualty Co. of Baltimore.. 278 

Massey, George Valentine 460 

Mathers, J. W. & Sons 430 

Mawson, John, Haircloth Co 444 

Maxwell's. John Sons 413 

Maxwell, Rowland & Co., Inc 363 

Megargee, Irwin N. & Co 387 

Megraw, John 373 

Merchants' National Bank 233 

Merchants' Trust Company 251 

Metz, H. A. & Co 456 

Metz, M. A. & Bro 450 

Metzger, Chas. H 416 

Middleton, Chas. G 388 

Miller Lock Company 346 

Moll, Edward M 374 

Moon, Reuben 462 

Moorhouse. R. T 293 

Moxey, Edward P., Audit Co 260 

Murdoch. A. J. M. & Co 384 

Murphy-Parker Co 296 

Mutual Assurance Co 265 

Nace & Swartley Company 381 

National Mutual Assurance Company. . 280 

National Security Bank 235 

Newburger, Henderson & Loeb 256 

Newton Machine Tool Works, Inc 342 

New York Life Insurance Company... 275 

Nice Sz Schreiber Company 381 

Niles-Benient-Pond Company 336-337 

North Bros. Mfg. Co V. 353 

North Philadelpliia Trust Co 254 

Northern Trust Company 250 

Northwestern National Bank 236 

Oat, Joseph & Sons 356 

O'Connor, Charles P 401 

Oppenheim, Collins & Co 434 

Orford Copper Company 498 

O'Rourke, Michael 395 



215 



OFFICIAL HISIORICAL SOUVENIR 



Oxford Bindtry, Inc 

Patterson .Mainilactiiring Company . . . 

Patterson, R. & Company 

Patton, Robert 

Payne, John li 

Pearson, Enoch \V. 

Ptircc School 

Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. 

Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on 
Lives and Granting Annuities 

Pennsylvania I'irc Insurance Co., The. 

Pennsylvania Railroad Company ...218 

Penn Steel Casting & .\Lachiue Co. . . . 

E'ennypacker, Samuel \V 

Penrose, Boies 

Peoples Bros 

Petry, N. A 

Philadelphia Contrihntionship. The 

Philadelphia l'"ire Brick Works 

Philadelphia Gear Works, Inc 

Phihuklphia (Jranitc and Marlile Works. 

Philadelphia Saving Fund Society 

Philailelphia Trust. Safe Deposit and In- 
surance Company 

Philadelphia Yellow Trading Stamp Co.. . 

Philips Pressed Steel Pulley Works... 

Phosphor- Bronze Smelting Co 

Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. . . 

Pioneer Marble Works 

Pooley Furniture Company 

Powers-Weightman-Rosengartcn Co 

Pugh, Charles Edmund 

Ragg, H. H., & Co 

Rea. Samuel 

Read, Howard W 

Real Estate Trust Co 

Reliance Insurance Company 

Remmey, Richard C, Son's Co 

Reyburn Mfg. Co 

Riebcnack. Max 

Ritter. Philip J., Conserve Co 

Roberts' Filter Mfg. Co., Inc 

Roberts, H. C, Electric Supply Co 

Koebling Construction Company 

Romano, Cesare 

Rombcrger, H. .\ 

Rorer, William W 

Rose, John Conkling 

Rotan, Samuel P 

Rothermel, P. F., Jr 

R( wland Maxwell & Co., Inc 

Ruwell, \Vm. F 

Sabin, Frederick, & Co 

Sajous, de M. Chas. E 

Samuel, Frank 

Sawyers, James 

Scarborough, Henry W 

Schell, Taylor & Longstreth 

Schenck, J. H. & Son 

Schilling, Frank H 

Schively, Edwin Ford 

Schlichler Jute Cordage Co 

Schnitzler, Chas. H 

Schweizer, J. Otto 

Scott Brothers 

Scott, Henry James 

Scott Pnner Company 

Sellers. William & Co.. Inc 334- 

.>hand. .Mcxander C 

.Sharpless & Sharplcss 

Shaw & Company 

Shern, Daniel J 

Silver, Burdett & Company 

Silver, William V., & Co 

Simmons'. John, Sons 

SiiTipson, L. P., & Son 

•Singer Mfg. Co 

Sloan, Howell & Co 

Smaltz, Cif)odwin Co 

Sniyser-Rover Company 

Snyder. J. 'R., & Co 

Soule. J. E 



297 
495 
417 
407 
224 
500 
480 
27A 

239 
-'67 
-219 
501 
464 

47;> 

394 

358 
-'64 
41.? 
.560 
416 
237 

■251 
49Q 
367 
359 
48S 
416 
4-' I 
320 
220 
449 
221 
358 
252 
269 
412 
304 
223 
506 

347 

428 

494 
261 
450 
254 
482 
479 
463 
363 
359 
362 
503 
366 
382 
470 
449 
322 
412 
469 
443 
49" 
413 
.397 
472 
286 
335 
22.^ 
453 
396 
473 
285 
384 
299 
490 
504 
362 

314 
407 

381 
502 



South wark Foundry and Machine Co 340 

Southwark Mills Company 441 

Sparks, J. W., & Co 258 

Standard Roller Bearing Company. .. .338-339 

Steele, Wm., & Sons Co 402 

Stern, Jacob, & Sons 315 

Stern, .Marcus, Co 315 

Stetson, John B., Co 435-436-437-438 

Stevenson. .Maxwell 466 

Stokes & Smith Co 304 

Strang. R. C 429 

Strawbridge & Clothier 433 

Sullivan and Company 448 

Summerill Tubing Co 363 

Swain -Mfg. Co 361 

Tabor Manufacturing Co 354 

Taylor. N. & G. Co 328-329 

Thayer. John Borland 221 

Thomas, Dr. T. Turner 503 

Tbreapleton's, W'm. B. Sons 450 

Thurber. Stephen 378 

Tognarelli & V'oigt 399 

Toomey. Frank 367 

Tow'iisend, Whelen & Co 256 

Tradesmen's Trust Company 2J0 

Trotman, H. E 356 

Tumolillo, G 261 

Turner-i<ornian Concrete Steel Co. . . . 418 

Tustin. Ernest Leigh 470 

Tyson, Frank 367 

Underwood, H. B. & Co 345 

Union Insurance Co. of Philadelphia.. 270 

Union National Bank 231 

Union Trust Company 253 

University of Pennsylvania 481 

United Electric Construction Co 42S 

L^nited Firemen's Insurance Company 269 

United Galvanizing Co., Inc 357 

United Gas Improvement Co 42b 

United States Audit Co 262 

L'nited States Metallic Packing Co 356 

\"an Brunt Co 495 

Van Sciver, J, R. Co 422 

Verner & Co 2^,7 

Vogt. F. G. & Sons 387 

N'ollum. Fernley & \'olluni 23S 

Waldron. A. M 273 

Walker & Kepler 429 

Walter. Henry J 374 

Walton. Jchn M 473 

Walton, P. .\1 497 

Wanamaker, John 432 

Warner. Charles Company 412 

Warwick. Charles F 46(1 

Webb. Charles J. & Co., Inc 445 

Weinart, William & Company 377 

Welsbach Company 49' 

Wenzell S. S. Machine Co 344 

West End Trust Company 24/ 

West Philadelphia Stock Yard Co 380 

W'cst Philadelphia Title and Trust Co. 2<^-i 

West, W. P. & Son 449 

Wheeler, William T 472 

Whelen, Townscnd & Co 256 

White, C. Bros 374 

White. S. S. Dental Manufacturing Co. 324 

Whitaker. Ozi W' 474 

Whiteside & McLanahan 37>. 

Wilkinson Manufacturing Company ... 40('> 

Wilkinson's. C. Sons 386 

Williams. Charles & Son 280 

Wilson. Howard B. & Co 373 

Wilson, James L. & Co 446 

Wilson, Joseph R 4''7 

Wintersteen. .\bram H 461 

Wistar, Underbill & Co 419 

Witteman, A. P. & Co 3.54 

Wood, T. F 4ifi 

Wood, R. D. & Co 35s 

Ycrkes, TIarman Afi<^ 

Ynimc. Smvth. Field Company 439 

Zicglcr Bros 313 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



TRANSPORTATION 



A little over a century ago the first experi- 
mental railroad track in the United States was 
laid in this city, and in 1/86, just thirty-three 
years before the mind of the scientist had turned 
to the possibilities of steam for railway transpor- 
tation, the first vessel moved by that force was 
navigated here. 

From those periods the development of rail- 
way and steamship facilities has gone steadily- 
forward until no city in the country has a more 
complete S3'stem of transportation. There are 
three important trunk lines entering the city 
which, either directly or by leased lines, reach 
every available point North, East, South and 
West ; ocean steamers and sailing ships that 
touch at every port in the world, with lines of 
steamers running to Eastern and Southern cities, 
covering all avenues for freight and passenger 
trafific. 

The magnificence of this city's railway 
stations, located in the heart of the business dis- 
trict, is conceded by every traveler, those of the 
Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & Reading 
companies being among the most complete pas- 
senger terminals in the country. The Baltimore 
& tJhio depot, while not so elaborate or as beau- 
tiful architecturally, is not lacking in the conve- 
niences that modern travel demands. 

Two of these terminals are touched by the 
subway system of the Rapid Transit Company, 
so that direct connection is possible between 
points in the outlying counties and those on 
either of the railroads. 

The trolley system also figures largely when 
intercity transportation is considered, nearly 
every point within a radius of fifty miles being 
readily and cheaply reached by direct connecting 
lines which have converted far-away agricultural 
districts into accessible suburbs. The law 
recently enacted giving trolley lines the privilege 
of carrying freight will undoubtedly have a ten- 
dency to reduce carrying charges between nearby 
points and greatly help the city's manufacturing 
and commercial houses. 

The freight stations of the three trunk lines 
entering Philadelphia are to be found in every 
section of the city, the Pennsylvania Company 
alone maintaining thirty stations where freight is 
received and forwarded, while the Reading Com- 
pany has twenty-five stations scattered conve- 
niently through the manufacturing and commer- 
cial districts. 

The coal piers at Greenwich Point and Port 
Riclimond are the largest and most complete in 
the country, while great grain elevators at Girard 
Point, Washington Avenue wharf, and at Port 
Richmond receive the golden product of the West 
and load it into steamers for deliverv abroad. 



Still another near North Philadelphia station is 
used for local trade. 

Point Breeze, the terminus of the pipe lines 
of the Standard Oil Company, sends out yearly a 
large fleet of tank steamers with refined oil to 
light the other half of the globe. 

These railroads handle millions of tons of 
freight and millions of bushels of grain annually, 
nearly a thousand carloads of coal each day, and 
thousands of barrels of oil. 

In the business of a great industrial city like 
Philadelphia the most complete and economical 
transportation facilities are necessary, and to 
this end the Belt Line Railroad was constructed 
along the Delaware River front. It will even- 
tually girdle the city and touch all lines of rail- 
road, afifording equal facilities for handling 
freight on the water frontage of the city. East 
South and West. Six miles of line are in use, 
developing a great area of heretofore inaccessible 
territory. 

Among the transatlantic lines sailing from 
Philadelphia which have done so much to develop 
our commerce abroad are the Cosmopolitan Line 
to Rotterdam, the Philadelphia Transatlantic 
Line to London, and Philadelphia-Manchester 
Line to Manchester, England, the American-Red 
Star Line, Atlantic Transport, Hamburg-Ameri- 
can Line, and the Allan Line. 

The L^nited Fruit Company's steamers bring 
large cargoes of fruit from Cuba and South 
America and during the winter months are gen- 
erally well patronized by tourists. 

On the whole, no city in the world has better 
facilities for passenger or freight transportation. 
There is, of course, room for improvement in the 
channels, but the service furnished by the various 
companies is of the best and is kept abreast of 
every new industrial or commercial development. 

When we glance backward only a few years 
and see the strides that have been made for the 
comfort of the traveler and the economical hand- 
ling of freight, the modern system seems won- 
derful. 

In the old days slow-going trains and uncom- 
fortable cars rendered traveling undesirable, and 
the carrying of freight, often b}' teams, made 
prices almost prohibitive for such service. The 
old ocean-going packets were so slow, and some- 
times so uncertain, that the foreign tourist was 
always given a tearful farewell in the supposition 
that it might be the final journey. 

These improvements in transportation, while 
commendable, are only in keeping with the city's 
remarkable industrial and commercial growth, 
which will doubtless necessitate the doubling of 
such facilities within the next quarter of a 
centurv 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 

* * 

i Pennsylvania Railroad Company i 

* 
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* 

afe "John Bull" EnKine. Camden and Araboy R. R., 1831 

* Among the many facturs in the growth and importance of Philadelphia as a world-city, no 

* one stands out more pre-emincntl\' than the Pennsylvania Railroad. Its magnificent resources, 
centering in and around Philadelphia, its birthplace and home city, have turned thilher the eyes 
of the world. 

That the choice of Phil;ideipliia as tiie centre of this great transportation system by its 
incciJtors was a wise move is jiroven by history. When it was proposed, just before the Revo- 
lution, to establish a great national system of transportation roads, one of the first claimants 
for recognition as the Atlantic seaboard terminus of the proposed chain of highways was ^ 
Philadelphia. 

George Washington visited the region about I'ittsburgh in 1770 with a view to establishing 
a satisfactory route between the Colonies and the yet-unknown West. His idea was to make 
one of the points on Chesapeake Bay the eastern terminus, but almost immediately a society was 
formed to promote a system of State or National roads with the ijrincipal seaport terminus at 
Philadelphia. To this end all energies were bent. 

Whilst Washington was the pioneer in the development of the great railroad systems of 
the conntrx. it was the Indians with whom Penn made his treaty in 1682, who were the actual # 
% pathfinders for the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was the outgrowth of the many sporadic efiforts ^ 
toward the establishment of the State system of highways. ;% 

Driven onward in 1757 by white encroachment, these Indians followed the old trails west- % 
ward ; first to the banks of the Susquehanna, near the present City of Harrisburg, and later, in S 
1757, still urged onward by the whites, up the Juniata, over the Alleghenies, and down the Cone- | 
maugh to the .Allegheny, near Pittsburgh. ^ 

% It was not until 1768 that the last of the tribe passed to the far West over this trail, little 

* imagining that the hated white man would, in less than seventy-five years, follow them over the 
% identical trail by a regularly constructed system of transportation, part railroad, part canal, and 
^ part inclined plane to surmount the mountains. 

^ The first link in the great chain now making up the Pennsylvania Railroad System was 

% forged in 1823. when the Pennsylvania Legislature incorporated a company to construct a line 

* of railroad from Philadelphia to Columbia. It was not until 1828, however, that actual work 

* was begun upon this link in the proposed system. In the meantime the Pennsylvania Canal, up 

* the Juniata; the canal from Johnstown to the Ohio River, and the Portage Railroad over the 
% summit of the Alleghenies, had been under construction. 
% In the year 1834 the entire line was opened from Philadelphia, and operated as a State 

enterprise. It never proved remunerative, however, owing to the great cost in the transferral 
of passengers and freight at the various junction points. 

But the growing travel to and from the great West necessitated a more perfect system of 
transportation, so on April 13. i84('. the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was chartered by the 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

* State, and began its life of struggle and hardship in building up the great system as it now f 
% stands. 5 
I The principal source of difficulty was a monetary one, those who shouted loudest for its % 
f welfare being the most unwilling to lend it pecuniary aid. But even this obstacle was over- 
S come and the work of construction was begun — first in a modest way ; later, as the demands of 
S travel urged, on a larger scale. 
1 It was not until the year 1854 that the old route to Pittsburgh was abandoned, the company 

maintaining a through schedule of trains over its ever-lengthening tracks between Philadelphia 
and Pittsburgh, by the old Portage Railroad. On February 15, 1854, the first through trains 
between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were run over almost the identical route as that now used. | 

Then began a series of absorptions and new constructions that made the eyes of railroad % 
and business men the world over open wide. A number of roads, which had been built under f 
State and private patronage, were absorbed by purchase and leasehold, and connections built to * 
link them with the main system. # 

Through service between New York, Baltimore, Washington, Erie, Chicago, St. Louis, f 
Cincinnati, Cleveland and other important points was gained by these absorptions. Later ^ 
came the opening up of the great seashore resorts of the New Jersey coast by the control of ^ 
the United Railroads of New Jersey and the Camden and Atlantic and West Jersey Railroads, ^ 
and still later a gateway on the Great Lakes was obtained by the absorption of the Western 
New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Company-. 

Starting with an initial line of about three hundred and sixty miles between Philadelphia and 
Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company now has directly under its control a system 
aggregating over eleven thousand miles of railroad, covering eleven States of the LTnion. 

Over a portion of its system, the old Cainden and Amboy Railroad, was operated the first 
locomotive used regularly in the transportation of passengers, the old "John Bull," now in the 
National Aluseum at Washington. To-day there are over four thousand locomotives in actual 
use. Beginning with a double daily service between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, there are now 
in actual operation every day in the year 1983 passenger trains on the lines east of Pittsburgh 
and Bufi^alo alone. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad has given to Philadelphia one of the most complete and elab- 
orate schedules of local trains in the world. There are 888 trains leaving and arriving at Broad 
Street Station, Market Street Wharf, West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia on weekdays 
and 534 trains on Sundays. There are within the city limits forty-four passenger stations. 

The beautiful suburban sections of Philadelphia have been largely fostered by the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad through its suburban service. The magnificent home districts along the Main 
% Line as far as Paoli, the Schuylkill, New York, Media and Chester lines have been created 
S because the Pennsylvania Railroad provided adequate train service to and from Philadelphia. 
S It has made the seashore almost a suburb of Philadelphia. Encouraging travel thither by 

S frequent train service and low rates, it has stimulated the demand for finer hotels and better 

* accommodations generally along the entire coast line of New Jersey. 

% Philadelphia, in its two hundred and twenty-five years of life, has passed through many epochs, 

% but none of such far-reaching importance as that during the sixty years of the development of ^ 
S the Pennsvlvania Railroad. S 

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t Pennsylvania Railroad Standard Passenger Engine, 1908 !fi 

219 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



James McCrea 




James .McCrea was born in Philadelphia, 
May I, 1848, and acquired his education in civil 
engineering at the Pennsylvania Polytechnic 
College. His railway service began in 1865 as 
rodnian and assistant engineer of the Connells- 
ville and Southern Pennsylvania Railroad, and 
he filled similar positions with various roads 
until 1871, when he entered the service of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad as principal assistant 
engineer of the Construction Department, and 
three years later was made assistant engineer of 
maintenance of way of the Philadelphia Divi- 
sion. He was made superintendent of the Mid- 
dle Division in 1875, and of the New York Divi- 
sion in 1878. In 1882 Mr. McCrea was made 
manager of the Southwest System of the West- 
ern Lines, with headquarters at Columbus, C)hio, 
and three years later advanced to the position 
of general manager of all the lines west of 
Pittsburgh. He was made fourth vice-president 
in 1887, second vice-president in i8<p. and first 
vice-president one year later, holding the last 
position for sixteen years, and maintaining a 
close supervision of all the problems of trans- 
portation, engineering, finance and traffic, which 
was represented in the marked development of 
the system west of Pittsburgh, under his direc- 
tion. Tn 1898 Mr. McCrea succeeded United 
States Senator Scott as a trustee of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, but resigned after five 
years of service. 

Mr. McCrea was made a director of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1899, and 
when President Cassatt died on January 22. 
1907, he was elected to succeed him. Shortly 
after assuming the presidency he was elected 
president of the Philadel])hia, P)altimore & 
Washington Railroad Company, the Northern 
Central Railroad Company, the West Jersey and 
Seashore Railroad Company, the Pennsylvania 
Company and the Pittsburgh. Cincinnati. Chi- 
cago and St. Louis Railway Company. 



Charles Edmund Pu^h 




Charles Edmund Pugh, Second Vice-President of 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was born at 
Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on the 
twenty-fifth day of February, 1841. His father was the 
late Elijah Pugh. a member of the Society of Friends, 
a man of probity, and in business a merchant and trans- 
porter. His early education was received in the dis- 
trict school of his birthplace. He applied himself 
closely to his studies in preparation for admission to 
the State Normal School at Millcrsvillc, Lancaster 
County, Pennsylvania, which he subsequently entered. 
He was graduated from the institution after completing 
a thorough course of study, and entered his father's 
office. 

Mr. Pugh entered the service of The Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company as agent at Newport, Perry County, 
Pennsylvania, on October i, 1859. To familiarize him- 
self with all tlie details in the practice and tlieory 
attending the running of trains, he entered the train 
service, and served as passenger conducter for a period 
of six months. In 1864 he was appointed Train Dis- 
patcher of the Philadelphia Division ; on .'\ugust i, 
1870, General Agent for Philadelphia; on April i, 1879, 
General Superintendent Pennsylvania Railroad Divi- 
sion; on October I, 1882, General Manager; on March 
I. 1893, Third Vice-President; and on February 10, 
1897, Second Vice-President. In this position his duties 
are principally concerned with the operating department 
of the railroad. 

Mr. Pugh is also Second Vice-President of the 
Northern Central Railway and Philadelphia. Baltimore 
and Washington Railroad Companies, of the West 
Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company, and a director 
of the Long Island Railroad Company and of many 
other companies in the Pennsylvania System. 



220 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Samuel Rea 




Samuel Rea began his railroad career as 
chain man in the Engineering Department of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1871, 
and his first important work was as Assistant 
Engineer in the construction of the chain sus- 
pension bridge over the Monongahela River at 
Pittsburgh. He was one of the first engineers 
on the location of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 
Railroad and continued through its construction ; 
in 1879 was made Assistant Engineer of the 
Pennsylvania system in the extension of the 
Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway. 
He also supervised the reconstruction of the 
Western Pennsylvania Railroad, converting it 
into a low-grade freight line. 

In 1883 Mr. Rea was transferred to Phila- 
delphia as assistant to Vice-President Dubarry, 
with the title of Principal Assistant Engineer. 
In 1889 he resigned to become Vice-President 
of the Maryland Central Railway, and Chief 
Engineer of the Baltimore Belt Railroad Co., 
which built the tunnel for the Baltimore & 
Ohio Railroad through Baltimore, but in 1892 
he returned to the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Compan}' as Assistant to the President. In 
1899 he was elected Fourth Vice-President, 
becoming Third Vice-President six years later- 
He is also Third Vice-President of the North- 
ern Central Railway, Philadelphia, Balti- 
more and Washington Railroad and West 
Jersey and Seashore Railroad Companies : 
in addition acting as President or Vice-Presi- 
dent of nearly all the subsidiary lines east of Pitts- 
burgh, besides finding time to act as Director of 
other railroad and financial corporations. 

Mr. Rea is a member of the American Soci- 
ety of Civil Engineers and of the Institution of 
Civil Engineers of London. A high tribute was 
paid to his ability when he was given direct 
charge of the company's tunnel and terminal in 
New York City, pronounced one of the most 
important engineriug works ever attempted in 
this countrv. 



John Borland Thayer 




eighteen 



months in the Rate 



Immediately after leaving the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1881, John B. Thayer, then 
but nineteen years of age, entered the employ 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as 
clerk in the Empire Line office. He served 
about eighteen months in this position and was 
then transferred to the General Freight Depart- 
ment ; serving two vears in the Bureau of 
Claims, and 
Department. 

When the Freight Department was re- 
organized with Mr. J. S. Wilson as General 
Freight Traffic Agent, Mr. Thayer was made 
Chief Clerk, holding the position for three 
years and leaving it to become Freight Solicitor 
for the United Railroads of New Jersey Divi- 
sion. Mr. Thayer severed his connection with 
the company in 1889 to engage in private busi- 
ness, but returned to the service three years 
later as Division Freight Agent of the North- 
ern Central Railway, with headquarters at 
Baltimore. Mr. Thayer's quick grasp of the 
intricate duties of the various positions he had 
held led to his promotion in 1894 to the re- 
sponsible position of Assistant General Freight 
Agent, with headquarters at Philadelphia. 
Three years later he was made General Freight 
Agent in charge of through traffic and in i88g 
had advanced to the position of General Freight 
Agent of the company; also of the Northern 
Central Railway, Philadelphia, Wilmington 
and Baltimore Railroad and the West Jersey 
and Seashore Railroads. 

Mr. Thayer was made fifth Vice-President 
in charge of Traffic on June i, 1903, and was 
advanced to the fourth Vice-Presidency upon 
a change in the organization of the company, 
October 10, 1905. He is a director of the 
Long Island Railroad Company and others of 
the controlled lines ; also of the Franklin National 
Bank. 



221 



OFFU i.\L HISTORICAL SOUVKN'IU 

Joseph Baldwin Hutchinson William Wallace Atterbury 




Joseph lialdwiii Hutchinson was born in 
Bristol, Pa., .March 20, 1844. and after gradu- 
ating from the Pennsylvania Polytechnic Col- 
lege entered the Delamater Iron Works. In 
1862 he received a third assistant engineer's 
certificate and entered the service of Hargous 
& Co. on one of their steamers, retaining the 
position until the boat was sold to the govern- 
ment in 1863. In June of that year he became 
a rodnian on the Mifflin & Centre County 
P.ranch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but 
left two weeks later to enter the army. After 
the Gettysburg cam])aign he again became a 
rodman on the W'estern Pennsylvania Rail- 
road and in August, 1864, was made assistant 
engineer of the road. In 1865 he was made its 
assistant engineer of maintenance of way and 
constructi(jn, and from 1868 to 1870 he was 
successively assistant engineer of the Port 
Deposit Railroad and the P>utler Extension and 
Columbia ISridge. llis jjromotion to the prin- 
cipal assistant enginecrsliip of the Columbia 
and Port Deposit occurred the same year, and 
in 1877 he was made assistant superintendent. 
Two years later he was superintendent of the 
Lewistown Division, and during the ensuing 
fourteen years held the same ])osition with the 
Frederick, the .Mtoona, and the Western Penn- 
sylvania Divisions, the Maryland Division of 
the P., W. & P.., the Washington Southern Rail- 
way and the Paltininre and Potomac Railroad. 
In 1803 'i<? \\'as made general superintendent of 
trans])ortation, and su])crviscd all train mo\'e- 
ments over the entire system east of Pitts- 
burgh and I'.rie. In 1897 Mr. Hutchinson was 
chosen general manager of all the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad lines east of Pittsburgh, and in 
1903 was appointed assistant to second vice- 
president of same. 

Mr. TIulchinsDn is President of The Mu- 
tual Fire, Marine and inland Insurance Com- 
pany, and of Dauphin Consolidated Water 
Supply Company and Chairman, Roard of 
Managers, The Washington Terminal Company. 

Pie is a member of the C'nion League, 
Philadelphia : F.ngineers' Club of Philadelphia, 
Philadeliihia ("ountry Club, Franklin Institute, 
and the Metronnlitnn Club of \\'a>;hingfnn, D. C. 




William W. Atterbury, General Manager of 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was born 
at New Albany, Indiana, January 31, 1866. He 
was reared in Detroit, where his mother, a 
daughter of Charles Larned, resided until her 
death on December 16, 1907. His grandfather 
was Lewis Atterbury and his grandmother 
Catharine Boudinot, niece of Elias Boudinot, 
at one time President of the Continental Con- 
gress. 

After receiving a liberal preparatory educa- 
tion Mr. Atterbury was graduated from Yale 
University, and entered the service of The Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Company in 1886 as an ap- 
prentice in the Altoona shops. From 1889 to 
1892 he served as assistant road foreman of 
engines on various divisions of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad and Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal- 
timore Railroad. In 1892 he was promoted to 
assistant engineer of motive power in the 
Pennsylvania Company's Northwest System, and- 
in 1893, to Master Mechanic for the Pennsyl- 
vania Company at Fort Wayne, Tnd. At this 
time he married Miss .M . II. Hoflfman, of Fort 
W^ayne. 

On 26th October, 1896, Mr. .\tterbury was 
advanced to su])erintendent of motive power of 
the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh and 
Erie, and on October i, 1901 to general super- 
intendent of motive power. He was appointed 
general manager of the Pennsylvania lines east 
of Pittsburgh and Erie on January i, 1903. 

Mr. Atterbury is a member of the Ritten- 
house, L'nion League and many other clubs of 
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Baltimore. He is 
also a member of the American Academy of 
Political and Social Science and of the American 
Societx' of Mechanical F.ngineers. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Max Riebenack 




Alexander C. Shand 



Max Riebenack, Comptroller of the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Comiiany, was born (October 
12, 1844, and entered the company's service at 
the age of nineteen years. He filled various 
clerical positions until 1872 when he was 
a]5pointed Assistant Auditor of Passenger 
Receipts and was made Auditor in 1880. In 
addition he acted as Assistant Comptroller 
commencing in October, 1881, but in 1899 he 
gave up the Auditorship to devote all his 
time to his duties as Assistant Comptroller. 
In 1905 he was advanced to the position of 
Comptroller, since which time he has been 
identified with the most important railroad 
organizations in the United States, and has be- 
come widely known for his administrative 
ability and for his knowledge as an account- 
ant. Much credit is due to Mr. Riebenack 
for the success of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
A'^oluntary Relief Department, the Employes 
Saving Fund and the Company's Pension 
Department, for he worked indefatigably 
to perfect the plans whereby these organ- 
izations have been made of such practical aid 
and benefit to the employes of the company and 
its allied lines. 

Mr. Riebenack occasionally finds time from 
his arduous duties to contribute to railway lit- 
erature and ranks as a standard authority on 
the subject of railway accounting matters. He 
has been President of the Association of Amer- 
ican Railway Accounting Officers and was, in 
1905, appointed by his company to represent it 
at the International Railway Congress held in 
^^^ashington, D. C. He has been a Director 
and Treasurer of the Union League for a num- 
ber of years. 

Mr. Riebenack was married December 9, 
1869, to Eleanor Gertrude, daughter of Thomas 
M. Simpson, and has four children : Eleanor 
J.. Henry G., William B. and Edwin Earl 
Riebenack. 




Alexander C. Shand was born at Lesmahagow, 
Lanarkshire, Scotland, on July i, 1858. He was 
educated at Anderson Lhiiversity, Glasgow. 

Mr. Shand's service with the Pennsylvania 
Railroad began in 1879, in connection with location 
and construction work at Connellsville, Pa. Two 
years later he was put in charge of the construction 
of the Torrens shops. From February, 1882, to 
August, 1884, he was Assistant Supervisor and En- 
gineer in charge of the location and construction of 
branches on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railway. 

Mr. Shand was appointed Supervisor of the 
Altoona yard in August, 1884, and five years later 
he was made Assistant Engineer of ^laintenance of 
Way at Altoona. On August i, 1900, he became 
Principal Assistant Engineer of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Division, and five months later was ap- 
pointed to the position of Superintendent of the 
Altoona Division. 

Mr. Shand received his appointment as En- 
gineer of Maintenance of Way June i, 1903. On 
April I, 1905, he was made Assistant Chief 
Engineer. Nearly a year later, March i, 1906, he 
was appointed Chief Engineer of the lines east of 
Pittsburgh and Erie. 



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Joseph Ury Crawford 




Joseph Ury Crawford was born in Fox 
Chase, now part of Philadelphia, August 25, 
1842, and entered the L'niversitv of Pennsylvania 
in the Class of i86j. 

In April, 1861, he enlisted in the 17th Penn- 
sylvania Regiment, Washington Grays, and at the 
expiration of his term was made Second Lieu- 
tenant of Company B, 6th New Jersey Volun- 
teers. He was promoted to the First Lieutenancy 
at the Battle of Williamsburg, and to the Cap- 
taincy at Seven Pines. He received honorable 
mention for bravery in action on several occasions, 
and since the war has twice been honored with the 
Presidency of the Survivors Veteran Association 
of the 2d New Jersey Brigade. 

After the war Mr. Crawford entered the 
service of the Pennsylvania Railroad system and 
was Senior Assistant Engineer of the Alexan- 
dria and Fredricksburg Railroad during 1871 
and 1872. He was Principal Assistant and 
afterwards Engineer of the California Division 
of the Texas and Pacific Railroad under Col. 
Thomas A. Scott, ujion whose recommendation 
he was appointed Consulting Engineer of the 
Government of Japan in 1876, constructing the 
first railroad in that country, for which he was 
decorated with the order of the Rising Sun by 
the Emperor. Mr. Crawford returned to the 
Pennsylvania Company in 1882 and is now 
Engineer of Branch Lines and a director of 
several subsidiary companies. 

He was also Consulting Engineer and In- 
spector of the Imperial Government Railways 
of Japan, and it was through his efforts that 
.American specifications and standards of shop 
practice were adopted by that kingdom. Mr. 
Crawford was Consulting Engineer for the 
L'nited States in its examination of tJie trans- 
portation facilities in Cul)a in 1898 and 1899. 
He is a member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery Loyal Legion of the United States, 
The I'hiladelphia Club, and the Huntingdon 
A'allcv Countrv Club. 



John E. Payne 

Mr. John E. Payne is President of 
The Erie & Western Transportation Co., 
an important stibsidiary company of the 
Pennsyh'ania Railroad Co. This Company 
is operating fifteen steamships on the 
Great Lakes, twelve of them freight 
steamers and three of them combined 
passenger and freight steamers. 

The Erie & Western Transportation 
Co. is also the owner of the Connecting 
Terminal Railroad Co. and the \\'estern 
Warehousing Co. 

Mr. Payne entered the service of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad in 1862, and has 
had a continuous service with the Penn- 
svlvania Ivailroad since that time. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



William Henry Barnes 




William Henry Barnes was born in Philadelphia July 
12, 1829, and received his education in private schools. 
In 1848 he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road Company, and served on surveys and construction 
on the Western Division until 1856, and for the next 
seven years was, successively, assistant superintendent, 
secretary and comptroller of the Pittsburgh, Fort 
Wayne and Chicago Railway. From 1863 until 1871 
he was in the service of the Union Line and Empire 
Transportation companies, and was then made Treas- 
urer of the Pennsylvania Company, which position he 
occupied until 1883. 

He was receiver of the Allegheny Valley Railroad 
Company from 1884 until 1892, and upon the reorganiza- 
tion of that company was made its president. 

Mr. Barnes has been a director of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company since December 12, 1889. He is also 
a director of the Pennsylvania Company, the Pittsburgh. 
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company and 
other allied companies ; and has been president of the 
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Company 
since January 14, 1901. 

Mr. Barnes comes of sturdy New England stock, his 
father, Henry Barnes, having been a native of Marl- 
borough, Mass. 

Mr. Barnes resided in Pittsburgh from 1857 to 1884. 
On October 27, 1857, he was married to Miss Eva Hamp- 
ton, daughter of the late Judge Moses Hampton, of Alle- 
gheny County. Mr. Barnes removed to Philadelphia in 
1884, where he has since resided, and has a summer resi- 
dence at Devon, Pa. He is a member of the Union League 
and the Sons of the Revolution. 



John Hampton Barnes 




John Hampton Barnes, son of William 
Henry and Eva Hampton Barnes, was born in 
Pittsbtirgh, Pa., December 24. i860. 

After a preparatory education in the city of 
his birth he was sent to Yale, from which fam- 
ous college he graduated as B. A. 

Deciding to take up the profession of law 
as his life work, Mr. Barnes entered the Colum- 
bia Law School. He was admitted to the Bar at 
Philadelphia in 1883. 

Mr. Barnes is a Republican in politics, but 
has never taken an active hand. His practice is 
large, being principally confined to corporation 
work. 

He is a member of the Philadelphia Club, 
the Radnor Hunt Club, the Racquet Club and 
the University Club of New York City. 

Mr. Barnes resides at No. 1817 Delancey 
Place and has a beautiful summer residence, 
"West Acres," at Devon, Pa. 

His offices are in the Girard Building, 
Broad and Chestnut Streets. 



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ll'orks of The J, C. Bnil t (iiMf.iiiv at r).>d Strecl and H'ootHaml .-hemic 

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The vast car and truck business of The J. 
G. Brill Company was commenced in i86g. when 
John George Brill and his eldest son, G. Martin 
Brill, organized as J. G. Brill & Son, with shops 
at the northwest corner of Thirty-first and 
Chestnut Streets and at Twenty-fifth and Lom- 
bard Streets. Previous to this time both had 
been valued foremen in the car-building plant 
of Murphy & Allison, then located at the corner 
of Nineteenth and Market Streets. That con- 
cern was among the earliest builders of horse 
cars, and when their plant was destroyed by 
fire in 1868 they gave up the department de- 
voted to horse cars and gave their entire atten- 
tion to the construction of steam passenger and 
freight cars, and the Brills took this opportunity 
to establish themselves in the horse car busi- 
ness. John Albert Brill, a younger son, was at 
that time of their force. Three years later, in 
1872, James Rawle purchased a one-third inter- 
est in the business, and the name of the firm 
was changed to J. G. Brill & Co. In 1870 a 
plant was built on ground extending from Thir- 
tieth to Thirty-first Street, south of Chestnut 
Street. 

At the very beginning the firm commenced 
to make improvements on existing types of 
street cars, particularly in regard to eliminating 
unnecessary parts and reducing the weight to a 
minimum, and also changing the form of run- 
ning gear to secure easier riding qualities. The 
individual requirements of railway companies 
were carefully studied and designs made to 



meet each case. Radical improvements in vari- 
ous details followed in rapid succession, and 
soon railway men came to recognize a Brill car 
by its superior and well marked characteristics. 
The large amount of skill required in the con- 
struction of horse cars will be appreciated when 
it is remembered that the vehicle is called upon 
at times to carry more than double its own 
weight, withstand the severe strains of a shifting 
load and be hauled over tracks which would 
now be considered atrocious. The durability of 
these lightly constructed cars is astonishing, for 
they stood the hard usage of fifteen, twenty and 
even thirty years' service, and there are to this 
day horse cars equipped with electric motors 
still giving good service. 

The business grew rapidly; large orders 
were obtained from the railways of Philadelphia, 
New York, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, St. 
Louis, New Orleans and practically all of the 
principal cities of the United States and Canada, 
and extended into the large cities of Mexico and 
South America, Great Britain, Europe and Aus- 
tralia. Highest awards were received at the 
Centennial Exposition in 1876; the Exposition 
of Railway Appliances held at Chicago in 1883, 
and at Barcelona, Paris and other cities. 

In 1887 the concern was incorporated, and 
in the following year at the death of John 
George Brill. G. Martin Brill succeeded him in 
the presidency. The plant had been increased 
to the fullest extent possible on the land avail- 
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rapidly growing business, a tract of eighteen 
acres was purchased in 1889 which, with ten 
adjoining acres purchased two years ago, forms 
the present site of the company, situated at Sixty- 
second Street and Woodland Avenue, at the in- 
tersection of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & 
Ohio Railroads. 

Up to 1887 the horse reigned supreme as a 
means of propulsion for street railways, but 
that the limit of his usefulness had been nearly 
reached was apparent to most railway men. 
Even as far back as the Centennial Exposition 
the inadequacy of animal traction was demon- 
strated when, during that summer, more than 
2000 horses perished in Philadelphia from the 
heat and overwork carrying the crowds, repre- 
senting a loss to the street railway company of 
more than half a million dollars. Cable lines 
were installed in various large cities and ele- 
vated railways became factors in building up 
the outlying districts of some of the largest 
cities. The Brill plant was established at its 
present location just in time to handle the large 
business that resulted from the introduction of 
electric traction. Between the years of 1880 
and i8go the development in types of cars to 
suit the ever-increasing demands followed each 
other so rapidly that dates at which the various 
inventions were introduced are not accurately 
known. Cable systems were scarcely installed 
when they were superceded by electricity. 
About the year 1887, Appleton, Wis., Montgom- 
ery, Ala., Scranton, Pa., Cleveland and Kansas 
City had trial lines. Then at Richmond, Va., 
an electric system of larger extent was attempted 
and became successful after many difficulties had 



been overcome. In 1889-90 the West End Road, 
Boston, introduced it on a larger scale with an 
overhead trolley, and other cities quickly fol- 
lowed. As an illustration of the rapid changes 
taking place, a cable system was installed in 
New York for operating the Broadway lines 
which in less than two years was replaced by 
an electric plant. 

During the early period of electric railway 
development the members of the Brill Com- 
pany, who had been studying electric power for 
propulsion of street cars for many years, realizing 
that the use of mechanical means for propulsion 
would bring a greater strain on the car frame 
than it could withstand, introduced the idea of 
mounting the machinery, first that which carried 
the grip of cable cars and later that which carried 
the motor, independently upon a separate frame 
mounted on the wheels, and built the first electric 
trucks, the forerunners of all present types. In 
the early experiments with electric motors, the 
motors were connected to the car framing and 
the power was transmitted to the axles by means 
of chain or rope drives and the inventors of the 
different methods were a long way from suc- 
cess until the Brill truck enabled the motor to 
be mounted on the truck itself and be geared 
directly to the axle, thus relieving the car body 
of strains and vibrations which threatened to 
demoralize further experimenting. 

As late as 1892 Philadelphia was not alto- 
gether converted to the idea of electricity, for 
on the 9th of May of that year a town meeting 
was held in the Academy of Music to oppose 
the introduction of the electric railway system. 
Within a few years the development of city 



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so rapid that it was generally found necessary achieved great success is known as the "Nar- 
to use longer cars, and again the Brill Company ragansett" — an open car mounted on double 



was equal to the situation, and produced a truck 
suitable for the peculiar requirements. The 
truck is known as the "Maximum Traction,'' 
having a pair of large driving wheels and a pair 
of small wheels, with the load distributed in 



trucks and having a pair of steps on each side, 
the upper step being on the flange of a Z-bar 
sill and within the line of the posts. The old- 
fashioned type of double-step car is too wide 
for service on most lines, and the single-step 



such a way as to bring 75 per cent, upon the or running board, when used with double-truck 
drivers and reducing the radiation of these open cars, is too high for safety. This car has 
wheels. By this means the cars were carried as proven immensely popular for summer excur- 
low as though they were mounted upon single sion travel, and among the roads using it may 
trucks. Practically all double-truck cars were be mentioned the Atlantic City & Suburban Ry. 
mounted on this type and for many years it In addition to the types mentioned The J. G. 
had the field to itself. Other types of trucks Brill Company builds all kinds of cars known to 
were invented and were the forerunners of the modern street and interurban railroads — double- 
standard trucks for the various fields of modern deck cars for foreign countries, combination 
service. Brill trucks are unique in form and open and closed cars, express cars, electric loco- 
construction and include frames made of a sin- motives, sprinklers, snow sweepers, snow plows, 
gle solid forging. It is an interesting fact that funeral cars, etc., and horse cars still continue 



these forgings are the most intricate forgings of 
large size made anywhere in the world. 

Late in the "nineties" the Brill Convertible 
car and the Semi-Convertible car were success- 



to be furnished to some of the Latin-American 
countries. Due to the remarkable growth of in- 
terurban lines throughout the country particu- 
lar attention has been given to cars for this form 



fully introduced, having undergone many years of service. Steam types are also constructed by 

of developing. The Convertible type has win- the company, but this class of equipment is 

dow sashes and flexible metal panels which slide chiefly built by the Wason Manufacturing Com- 

into pockets in the side roofs, combining an pany, Springfield, Mass., which company is 

entirely open and an entirely closed car in one, owned and operated by The J. G. Brill Com- 

conversion from one type to the other being pany. Other companies also under the same 

made in a few minutes. The Semi-Convertible ownership and control are: American Car Com- 

car has the same window system as the Conver- pany, St. Louis; G. C. Kuhlman Car Company, 

tible, but the side panels are solidly built in. Cleveland; John Stephenson Company, Eliza- 

and, due to the extra large window openings, the beth; Danville Car Company, Danville, Illinois, 
car is excellently adapted to summer service. G. Martin Brill died in March, 1906, having 

This type of car is now the standard of the been the president eighteen years, and John A. 

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, United Brill died in March 1908, after twenty years of 



Railways & Electric Company of Baltimore, and 
other large systems in this country and abroad. 
For a number of years a larger number of 
cars of the Brill Semi-Convertible type have 
been built than any other. 



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ceeded to the presidency in 1906. The other 
general officers are: Samuel M. Curwen, Vice- 
President and General Manager, and Edward 
Brill, Treasurer. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF THILADELPHIA 



FINANCE 



As a matter of history Philadelphia's bank- 
ing institutions are coordinate with the Republic 
itself, for it was thirteen years before the Declar- 
ation of Independence that Robert Morris, the 
first great American financier, conceived the idea 
of founding a bank in this city. It was not until 
1780 that his plans were consummated and the 
Pennsylvania Bank, the first in America, was 
established. The most able financiers of that 
period seem to have been located in Philadelphia. 
The wealth of the country was centred here, and 
it was natural that the thirteen struggling col- 
onies should look to those pioneer financiers for 
the money and credit to successfully carry on the 
the war against England. 

With the growth of population and business 
Philadelphia's financial importance grew stronger. 
and the many new enterprises found aid and en- 
couragement here. It was here also during the 
darkest hours of the Rebellion period that the 
Government, then on the verge of a crisis, found 
in Jay Cooke a financier who successfully induced 
the banks and capitalists of the city to invest 
heavily in Government bonds, and thus restored 
the confidence of the country at large and saved 
the credit of the Government. 

By acts like these, by the possession of clear 
judgment, and by the liberality that insures pro- 
gress, the banks and bankers of this city have 
won such a high reputation. 

In a community where financial talent was 
so plentiful as far back as colonial days it is a 
natural sequence that the first bank should be 
established here, and that this city should con- 
tinue to lead in financial matters. The first incor- 
porated bank in the United States was established 
here in 1782, and the first National bank to issue 
National bank-notes in the country was chartered 
here on June 10, 1863. 

Trust companies also had their origin here 
and have contributed largely to the general repu- 
tation for solidity and sound financial methods 
that have characterized Philadelphia banks and 
bankers for more than a hundred and fifty vears. 
The integrity of the officers selected to manage 
affairs has had much to do with this high stand- 
ing. Private bankers, stock brokers, and others 



interested in money matters, bear the same repu- 
tation for business acumen and fair dealing. 

To show the city's speedy growth, it may be 
stated that on the first day the Clearing House 
opened, March 22, 1858, the clearings amounted 
to $2,991,931.90. At the present time the clear- 
ings run from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000 daily. 
This represents the business of only thirty-two 
banks, four small banks and the trust companies 
not being members of the Association. These 
figures are enormous, but we approach the 
gigantic when we view the $175,000,000 of 
capital, surplus and undivided profits of the 
city banks and trust companies ; the millions 
more which private bankers contribute to the 
aggregate and the $112,000,000 capital, surplus 
and undi\'ided profits of savings institutions. The 
total capital, surplus and undivided profits of the 
banks and trust companies is $175,000,000, with 
total deposits of $600,000,000, and in addition 
there is $550,000,000 of trust funds. This great 
wealth constitutes a very Gibraltar of strength 
and a power in finance of unlimited force. 

An institution that wields great power in 
financial affairs and on public business is the 
Stock Exchange. This association includes 
among its members some of the best known finan- 
ciers in the city. The Exchange, composed 
mainly of shrewd men of staid methods in ordin- 
ary deals, becomes pandemonium in times of panic 
and depression in values, for it is there that the 
finger is kept on the business pulse of the nation 
and a natural depression or an attempted inflation 
sometimes causes a battle of financial giants that 
is amusing to the spectator, but often tragic to one 
or both of the contestants. 

The figures above quoted prove that Phila- 
delphia is a wealthy city and that its carefully 
invested wealth precludes any possibility of per- 
manent disaster. In each successive panic 
through which it has passed the period of recov- 
ery has grown shorter, and this is largely due to 
the confidence inspired by its financiers, who 
always stand ready with money and advice to 
restore normal relations with the countrv at larg-.^. 
Upon such conditions Philadelphia as a manufac- 
turing city depends in a measure for its pros- 
perity. 



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1,3 20,000.00 

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Howard IV. Lewis Henry B. Bartow 

Transfer Officer Assistant Cashier 

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Union national Bank 



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Capital, $500,000 



Third and Arch Streets 



Surplus and Undivided Profits, $750,000 



OFFICERS 



W. H. CARPENTER, President 

T. H. CONDERMAN, Vice-President 

A. E. FLETCHER, Second Vice-President 



LOUIS N. SPIELBERGER, Cashier 
JOHN W. MINK, Assistant Cashier 
F. C. HANSELL, Assistant Cashier 



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IGNATIUS J. DOHAN 
THEODORE H. CONDERMAN 
AARON CANS 



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HARLAN PAGE 
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TinL'GH estalilislied hut little more than ci^ht years asjo, the Franklin National Bank has 
enjoyed ever since its very infancy the reputation of heing' one of the strong financial 
institutions of Philadelphia. The hank was organized in response to the wishes of a large 
iinnihcr of trans])ortation, industrial and financial corporations, whose places of business 
and financial interests are centered in the vicinity of Broad and Chestnut streets, where 
% J^^p> t'l^ '"-"^\" hank is located. The institution was incorporated in ujoo. and conmienced busi- 
* ness on July 2d of the same \ear. The $1,000,000 capital was paid for by subscribers at $200 a 
share (par $100), thus enabling the bank to begin with a surplus of $1,000,000. A thor- 
oughly modern and well equipped bank has been ])rovided, prepared to give its customers every 
facility that may be justified in business conditions. The management invites the accounts of 
banks, bankers, corporations, mercantile firms and individuals. 

The officers of the bank are: J- R- McAllister, President: J. A. Harris, Jr., Vice-President: 
E. P. Passmore, Cashier; C. \'. Thackara, Assistant Cashier: L. H. Shrigley, Assistant Cashier: 
f Manager Foreign Exchange Department, William \\'right. The board of Directors includes 
jl William H. Barnes, President of the Allegheny X'alley Railroad Company, and Director of the 
j Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Samuel T. Bodinc, \'ice- President United Gas Improvement 

f Company ; James C. P.rooks, President of the Southwark Foundry and Machine Company; John 
. H. Converse, of the Baldwin Locomotive \\'orks : Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, lawyer. Director of the 
Girard Trust Company, Commercial Trust Company, Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Equi- 
table Life Assurance Company; George H. Frazier, of Brown Bros, and Co., Bankers: William F. 
Harrity, lawyer, Director of the Equitable Trust Company and Trustee of the Mutual Life Insur- 
ance Company of New York; William H. Jenks, of Randolph and Jenks, and Director of the Girard 
Trust Company; Edward B. Smith, of Edward B. Smith and Co., bankers; Henry Tatnall, Fifth 
\'icc-President and Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Director of the Girard 
Trust Coni]ianv and the Commercial Trust Company; Levi C. Weir, President of the Adams 
Express Company and Director of the Commercial Trust Com])any ; J. Rutherford McAllister, 
President of the Franklin National Bank and Director of the Commercial Trust Company ; Fred- 
erick L. Baily, of Joshua L. Baily and Co., Dry (ioods Commission Merchants; Effingham B. 
Morris, President Ciirard Trust Company and Director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 
t and Commercial Trust Company; Edward T. Stotesbury. of Drexel and Co., Philadelphia, J. P. 
Morgan and Co., New York, and Morgan Harjes and Co., Paris; Henry C. Frick, of Pittsburg; 
Percy C. Madeira, President Madeira. Hill and Company; John B. Tlia\er, Fourth \'ice-Presi- 
dent Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Ellis Puscy Passmore, Cashier I'ranklin National Bank; 
and J. Andrews Harris, Jr., \'ice-President Franklin National I'ank. 

A recent statement of the bank showed its condition as follows : 

Resources, loans and discounts, $20,754,612.51; due from banks, $3,501,354.42; cash and 
reserve, $6,849,300.21; exchange for clearing house. $1,456,119.03; total, $32,561,386.17, 
Liabilities: capital, $1,000,000; surplus and net profits, $2,286,719.37; circulation, $992,600.00; 
deposits, $28,282,066.80; total, $32,561,386.17. 



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The Merchants 
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The facilities of this modern commercial 
bank are at the disposal of responsible 
merchants on terms which merit inquiry 



F. W. AYER. President 

WM. A. LAW, Vice-President THOMAS W. ANDREW, Cashier 

W^. P. BARROWS, Ass't Cashier 



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Second Street and Girard Avenue 



Capital, $275,000 Surplus and Net Profits, $850,000 



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CHARLES PORTER, President 

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CHARLES B. COOKE. Cashier 



SAMUEL BELL, JR.. Vice-President 
of Sanuiel Bell St. Sons, Flour 
JOHN D. ADAIR. Asst. Cashier 



SAMUEL DISSTON 
CHARLES PORTER 
SAMUEL BELL, JR. 



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ROBERT CARSON 
THOMAS .A. HARRIS 
FRANK BUCK 
WM J. MONTGOMERY 



SAMUEL T. KERR 
ROBERT S. IRWIN 
THEODORE F. MILLER 



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GEORGE KESSLER, Vice-President 



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W. H. HORN 
C. G. BERLINGER 
JAMES DOAK, Jr, 
JOHN G. SCHMIDT 



DIRECTORS 

PHILIP DOERR 
JOHN HAMILTON 
GEORGE KESSLER 
FRANKLIN L. SHEPPARD 
PETER A. SCHEMM 



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GEORGE BAUM 
WILLIAM A. RECH 
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$300,000.00 



EDWARD A. SCHMIDT. President 
AUG. W. WOEBKEN, Vice-President LINFORD C. NICE. Cashier 



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EDWARD A. SCHMinr 

J. CATHERWOOD ROniNSON 

AUG. W. WOEBKEN 

OTTO C. WOLF 

D. CHAS. MURTHA 

GODFREY R. REBMANN 

GEO. P. SCHOBER 



JOHN E. HANIFEN 
JESSE L. DOYLE 
JOSEPH F. WITTMAN 
A. RAYMOND RAFF 
ANDY BRANN 
EDW. C. 5HMIDHEISER 
HARRY A. POTH 



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The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society 

700 to 710 WALNUT STREET 



ESTABLISHED DECEMBER 2, 1816 



INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 23, 1819 




The Present Office Building 
of 
Thie Oldest Saving Bank in America 

July I, 1908: 

Assels, $99,114,692.33 Deposits. $88,925,773.89 

Number of Depositors. 262.336 

OFFICERS 

G. COLESBERRY PURVES, President 
JAMES M. WILLCOX, Vice-President SAMUEL WOODWARD, Secy and Treasurer 

ALVIN S. FENIMORE, Assistant Secretary THOMAS J. BECK, Assistant Treasurer 

J. PERCY KEATING, Solicitor 

MANAGERS 



EDWARD S. BUCKLEY 
J. DICKINSON SERGEANT 
JOHN T. LEWIS, JR. 
JOHN H. CONVERSE 
EDWARD H. COATES 
H. W. BIDDLE 
JOHN T. MORRIS 
G. ASSHETON CARSON 



EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS 
CHARLES PLATT 
ARTHUR E. NEWBOLD 
WILLIAM W. JUSTICE 
WILLIAM H. JENKS 
C. S. W. PACKARD 
J. RODMAN PAUL 
CHARLES E. INGERSOLL 



G. COLESBERRY PURVES 
T. DeWITT CUYLER 
FRANCIS 1. GOWEN 
JOHN W. PEPPER 
CHARLES BIDDLE 
GEORGE C. THOMAS 
GEORGE McCALL 
JAMES RAWLE 



ROBERT H. PELS, Comptrolufr 



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OF PHILADELPHIA 

XPHRIENCE has demonstrated the beneficial results to the indus- 
trious and careful of having; a place for the investment of their 
earnings, where the)- would be perfectly secure and be increased by 
a reasonable interest. It was with this laudable intention that the 
P>eneficial Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia was incorporated 
April 20, 1853. 

From small beginnings, it has grown until now its 12,000 depositors have 
over Ten Million Dollars on deposit. It has no capital stock, but has accumulated 
a surplus of One and a Quarter Million Dollars. 

It is managed solely in the interest of its depositors, its managers and 
officers not being allowed directly or indirectly to borrow any money from the 
Society. Its investments, a complete list of which is printed annually in all the 
newspapers of this city, are the most conservative and carefully selected of any 
institution, security being the first essential. 

In addition to the examinations made by the State Banking Examiners, 
the board of managers has the investments, books and accounts verified yearly by 
certified public accountants. 

The officers are Ignatius J. Dohan, President ; Andrew J. Keegan, Vice- 
President ; Alfred J. Murphy, Secretary and Treasurer, and Anthony A. Hirst, Esq., 
Solicitor. 






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THE 

PENNSYLVANIA 

COMPANY 

for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities 

TRUST & SAFE' DEPOSIT 
COMPANY 



517 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia 

CAPITAL $2,000,000 SURPLUS $3,000,000 

INCORPORATED MARCH 10. 1812 

C. S. W. PACKARD, President 



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(Guarantee 
l^rusit anb ^afe JBeposiit Co. 

In its Fire Proof Building, Nos. 316-318-320 Chestnut Street 



Chartered by Special Act of the 
Legislature of Pennsylvania 



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Receives Deposits 
subject to check at 
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Loans money on 
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$1,000,000 
600,000 



Acts as Transfer 
Agent or Registrar 
of Corporation 
Stocks and Bonds. 



Acts as Elxecutor, 
Trustee, Guardian, 
etc. 



Receipts for and 
keeps Wills with- 
out charge. 



Rents Safes in its Fire and Burglar Proof Vaults (which are protected by six Hall Double 
Chronometer Time Locks) with Combination and Permutation Locks that can be opened only by the 
renter, at $5 and upwards per year. Especial attention is called to our vaults for the storage of large 
packages of silverware and other valuables in bulk, our facilities for handling such being unsurpassed. 

RICHARD Y. COOK. President CHARLES E. PANCOAST. Trust Officer 

HARRY J. DELANY. Vice-Pres. and Treas. JOSEPH E. BORDEN. Assistant Secretary 

HOWARD E. YOUNG. Sec'y and Ass't Treas. SAMUEL M. ZACHARIAS. Sup't of Vaults 



WILLIAM ROTCH WISTER 
JOSEPH MOORE. Jr. 
RICHARD Y. COOK 
HARRY J. DELANY 



DIRECTORS 

JAMES HAY 

HERBERT M. HOWE. M.D. 
CHARLES E. PANCOAST 
JAMES F. SULLIVAN 
ROBERT BEATTIE 



GEORGE D. McCREARY 
GUSTAVUS W. COOK 
MARCELLUS E. McDOWELL. Jr. 
WILLIAM A. LATHROP 



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i Fidelity Trust Company I 

Tlie FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY is one of the oldest and strongest financial o 
institutions in the City. It was incorporated b_v a special Act of Assembly in March, 1866, S 
under the name of The Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company. At that time § 
the insurance of fidelity and the receiving of securities on deposit were comparatively new S 
branches of business. With these objects in view, the company also joined the intention of X 
developing the business of the execution of trusts, which was immediately entered into. All S 
of these branches of business resulted in a rapid growth with the exception of the insurance ^ 
of fidelity, which has never been carried on by this company. The name of the company o 
was afterwards shortened to Fidelity Trust Company by amendment to its charter. ® 

For the purposes of its business the company erected a fire-proof building and vaults 
of great strength. These were afterwards entirely re-built and from time to time the com- 
pany has extended its accommodations. It now exclusively occupies a large building with 
a frontage on Chestnut Street east of Fourth of seventy-five feet and extends in an "L" 
shape to Fourth Street on which its frontage is ninety feet. 

The safe renters' vault, which is practically a structure of three stories on the Fourth ^ 
Street front, is 50' x 30' and is of immense strength. No other company has as convenient § 
and commodious apartments for its safe renters as the Fidelity. In this respect great contrast § 
is obseiwable between the Philadelphia companies and those of other cities. The Company con- § 
ducts the general business of a trust company, receiving moneys on deposit subject to check ; V 
the receipt of securities and valuables on safe-keeping receipt ; the renting of private safes ^ 
in its vaults accessible to the renter under private key. In connection with the safe-rental g 
department, a commodious room is provided for the exclusive use of ladies, where coupons 
may be cut and papers examined in private. The buildings and vaults are guarded night and 
day by a large force of watchmen, with a complete electrical system for periodical reports at 
electric stations. 

The Trust Department is one of the most active in the city, both in the execution of pri- 
vate and of corporate trusts. The aggregate amount of personal estate held in its Trust 
Department on January 31, 1908, was $106,797,740, in addition to real estate of the appraised 
value of about $16,000,000. 

Tlie Company is authorized by its charter to accept all trusts, such as e.xecutor, admin- 
istrator, guardian, assignee, receiver and trustee under appointment by the courts, corpora- 
tions or individuals. 

It has been an important feature in the administration of this Company that from the 
beginning all of its trust estates are kept entirely distinct from those owned by it in its 
corporate capacity. All trust funds are deposited in other institutions in special trust 
accounts, and a special vault, separated from that of the Company is provided for the accom- 
modation of the trust securities and papers. 

The Company also acts as agent and attorney-in-fact for the collection of income and 
the management of estates of individuals, and in such cases receives the securities upon safe 
deposit. 

The corporate business extends to the execution of all corporate trusts, including mort- 
gages, the registration and transfer of loans and stocks of corporations and in the pavment of 
coupons, etc. 

The growth of the Fidelity in these various departments has been remarkable, and 
many of the various institutions formed in other parts of the country have been formed upon 
its model. It was the first of the "Fidelitys." 

The management of the institution has been conservative from the beginning, and it 
has been the custom to set aside a portion of its profits each year. By this means the surplus 
of the Company has been set aside entirely out of earnings. The capital of the Company is 
now $2,000,000 and its surplus $8,000,000, which is exclusive of its undivided profits, which 
on January 31, 1908. amounted to $887,196 in addition. 

Dividends were paid by the Company for many years at 18%, and are now on the basis 
of a 5% quarterl)- and an extra dividend of 5% has been declared in February of the last 
two vears. 



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EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS, President 
WILLIAM NEWBOLD ELY, ist Vice-President ALBERT ATLEE JACKSON, zd. Vice-President 

CHARLES J. RHOADS, 3d. Vice-President and Treasurer EDW. SYDENHAM PAGE, Secretary 
GEORGE H. STUART 3d., Assistant Treasurer SAMUEL W. MORRIS, Assistant Secretary 

J. SNOWDON RHOADS, Trust Officer MINTURN T. WRIGHT, Real Estate Officer 



Effingham B. Morris 
John A. Brown, Jr. 
Benjamin W. Richards 
John B. Garrett 
William H. Jenks 
William H. Gaw 
Francis I. Gowen 



Israel W. Morris 



MANAGERS 

George H. McFadden 
Henry Tatnall 
Isaac H. Clothier 
Thomas DeWitt Cuyler 
C. Hartman Kuhn 
James Speyer 
Augustus D. Juilliard 



William T Elliott 



Edward J. Berwind 
Randal Morgan 
E. T. Stotesbury 
Charles E. IngersoU 
John S. Jenks, Jr. 
Henry B. Coxe 
Edgar C. Felton 



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HOWARD ELLERY MITCHELL 
SAMUEL L. SHOBER 
S. PEMBERTON HUTCHINSON 



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Issue Travelers' 

Letters of Credit 

and Drafts Payable 

in principal Cities 

of Europe 



Members 

NEW YORK STOCK 

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PHILADELPHIA 

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Connected by private 
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Cities of 
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UNITED STATES 
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1411 CHESTNUT STREET 
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Title Insurance and Trust Company 

1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

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HISTORY 

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was incorporated July 26, 18S6, witli a capital of $250,000.00. It oijcned for business November 
I, 1886, at No. 706 Chestnut Street. In September, 1889, the Company purchased 813 Chestnut 
Street, and having had the buildinjj adapted to its uses, took possession in i8yo. On Saturday 
night, December 11, 1897. No. 811 Chestnut Street was destroyed by fire, and No. 813 Chestnut 
Street was partially burned and the interior entirely wrecked. The Directors met at the Con- 5 

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a tiiiental Hotel on Sunda}' morning-, and on the following morning the Company opened as g 

o usual for the transaction of business, in all of its departments, at No. 624 Chestnut Street, with g 

g little or no inconvenience to its clients. No. 813 Chestnut Street was immediately repaired, and b 

g the Company continued to occupy it. In 1900, however, its business had grown so large that it 8 

was compelled to seek quarters elsewhere. On February 2, igoi, it purchased the northwest % 

corner of Twelfth and Chestnut Streets, extending through to Clover Street, where it erected a Q 

fifteen-story building, completed in December, 1902. Of this building, it occupies for its busi- g 
ness the basement and first three stories, and is in a position to expand, as its business necessities 
have frequently required it to do. 

PURPOSE 

The success of Title Insurance and Trust Companies in Philadelphia withdrew from its 
lawyers and conveyancers a considerable amount of their business that had been transacted by 
them with reasonable profit. The Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company was 
started by them with the idea of receiving', by dividends on their stock, the benefit of the profits 
derived from that business. The By-Laws, adopted at a meeting of the stockholders, held July 
30, 1886, provided that the stockholders should be lawyers, conveyancers and such real estate 
agents and brokers as have their own offices, and carry on no other business. This limitation 
continued until the year 1901, when the success of the Company was so thoroughly assured 
that it seemed wise to extend the membership. The I!y-Laws were accordingly amended, allow- 
ing anyone to hold stock in the Corporation. Since tliat date many capitalists and investors have 
purchased stock in the Company, although its stock is still largely held by the members of those 
professions, who are, to a considerable extent, responsible for its remarkable success. 

SUCCESS 

6 The career of The Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company is most note- 

worthy and creditable. Having commenced business November i, 1886, with a capital of 
$250,000.00, it increased its capital April 18, 1887, to $500,000.00: in 1890 to $1,000,000.00: in 
1 901 to $2,000,000.00. Of this capital only 50% was required to be paid in. In 1904 the capital 
was reduced to $1,000,000.00 and the stock made full paid, each stockholder receiving one share 
of the new stock par $100 full paid in exchange for four of the old stock on which $25 had 
been paid. 

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 

The Company has always been distinctly the Company of the lawyers, conveyancers and real 
estate brokers of the City of Philadelphia. Its president has always been a lawyer. It began 
business with five ofiicers, all of whom, but one, the secretary and treasurer, were lawyers. 
While there have always been representatives of the real estate and conveyancing interests of 
the city on its board of fifteen directors, originally nine, and at the present time ten, of that 
board are lawyers. Its first President, Henry M. Uechert, continued as president of the Company « 
for a period of twenty years, resigning from that position in the summer of 1906, when he was s 
succeeded by the Honorable Dimner Beeber. i\Ir. Dechert, however, retains his position on the § 
Board, and is Chairman of the Board of Directors and also of the Executive Committee. The ^ 
Company has at present twelve officers, of whom seven are lawyers. (Jf its directors, four have » 
been selected for judicial honors, namely: Joseph C. Ferguson, A. M. Beitler, Henry J. 
McCarthy and Dimner Beeber. Its present officers and directors are the following: 



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DiMNER Beebek Prrsidoit 

Francis E. Brewster First I 'ice-President 

Franklin L. Lvle Scxoiid I 'ice-President 

He^ry 'M. Decukrt. Cliainiian of Board and Exccxtivc Committee 

James V. Ellison Secretary and Treasurer 

Andrew T. Kay Title Officer 

Charles K. Zug Trust Officer 

Edmund B. McCarthy Asst. Secretary ami Treasurer 

Robert J. Williams Asst. Title Officer 

Charles E. Fellows Real Estate Officer 

T. C. Jordan Asst. Trust Officer 

R. F. Reaver Safe Superintendent 

DIRECTORS 

DiMNER Beeber Joseph Savidge 

Francis E. Brewster Edward A. Schmidt 

Charles Carver E. Cooper Shapley 

Henry JM. Dechert Henry R. Shoch 

Charles B. Ellis John H. Sloan 

Bernard Gilpin Frederick Sylvester 

Franklin L. Lyle John T. Windrim 

Isaac D. Yocum 

i DIVIDENDS 

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^ The Company dcclarud its first dividend on Xoveniber 4, 18S7, at the rate of 3%, 

which rate was paid semi-annually until November, 1888, when it was increased to 5%. This 

rate was paid senii-aninially until April, 1891, when the semi-annual dividend was increased to 

6%, at which rate it has continued until the present time. The Company has always pursued 

the policy of making liberal distribution from ])rofits to its stockholders. It has paid out in divi- 

denfls, in the period of its existence of twenty-one years and si.x months, the sum of $1,499,142.81. 

SURPLUS 

The first statement of the Company, issued November i, 1887, .showed a surplus of 
§ $18,914.22; in 1892 this was increased to $200,000.00; in 1897, to $446,000.00. When the capital 
of the Company was increased to $2,000,000.00, the subscribers to the new stock were required to 
pay therefor $50.00, of which $25.00 was paid in on account of capital and $25.00 on account of 
surplus, thus adding $500,000.00 to the surplus account. That account in 1902 was $1,046,000.00. 
The present surplus and undivided profits are $1,251,000.00. 

BUSINESS 

The Company transacts the usual business of title insurance and trust companies. It 
receives money on deposit, and has on deposit now more than five millions of dollars. 
It acts as executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, receiver, assignee, and executes trusts 
of all descriptions. It has trust estates in its charge amounting to more than seven and a half 
millions of dollars. It is trustee for issues of corporate bonds aggregating over nineteen millions 
of dollars. It insures titles to real estate having a plant covering the entire County of Philadel- 
phia which has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, altlu)ugh carried on its books at only $80,000, 
issues searches, acts as surety on the bonds of executors, administrators and others acting in a 
fiduciarv capacity, registers stocks and bonds, rents boxes in its safe deposit vaults, and keeps 
wills in said vaults without charge therefor. It takes full charge of real estate and looks after 
all repairs. 

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West End Trust Company 

Broad Street and South Penn Square 
PHILADELPHIA 



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Horatio G. Lloyd 

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Thomas DeWitt Cuyler 

V^ice-Ptesident and Counsel 

John H. Mason 
Vice-President and Treasurer 

W. A. Obdyke 

Secretary 

DIRECTORS 

H. W. Biddle 

Thomas DeWitt Cuyler 
Ruduiph Ellis 

Clement A. Griscom 

Effingham B. Morris 

Arthur E. Newbold 

C. Stuart Patterson 
Samuel Rea 

Sidney F. Tyler 

L. C. Weir 

Horatio G. Lloyd 

Samuel T. Bodine 

Henry Tatnall 

Alvin W. Krech 

J. R. McAllister 

Henry C. Prick 

Paul D. Cravath 

Robert K. Cassatt 

William C. Sproul 

Thomas F. Ryan 



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SAVING FUND ACCOUNTS 

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Safe rentals range from $3.00 to $150.00 per annum according to size and 
location. 

President 

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Vice-President and Treasurer 

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Two Per Cent, allowed on deposits subject to check. 

SAVING FUND DEPARTMENT 

Three Per Cent, allowed on deposits subject to two weeks' notice. One Hundred 
Dollars may be withdrawn without notice. Open Monday Evenings until Seven o'clock. 



TRUST DEPARTMENT 

Wills drawn without charge. Income and Rents collected and remitted promptly. 
Authorized to act as Executor, Administrator, Trustee, Guardian 



SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT 

SAFES FOR RENT 

Valuables and Silverware stored at a moderate cost in the Burglar and Fire Proof 
Vaults of the Company. 



OFFICERS 

W. FREDERICK SNYDER, President 

WILLIAM H. CURTIS, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer 

A. ASHTON WORK, Trust Officer 



EUGENE I. SANTEE, Vice-President 
WILLIAM C. HARTER, Assistant Secretary 
WILLIAM HENRY SNYDER, Counsel 



DIRECTORS 



W. FREDERICK SNYDER 
HOWARD THOMPSON 
JONATHAN R. SELTZER 
JOSEPH A. BREMER 



SAMUEL DISSTON 
EUGENE I. SANTEE 
PETER A. SCHEMM 
CHARLES B. GRANGE 



SIMON B. FLEISHER 
JOHN H. CATHERWOOD 
WILLIAM H. CURTIS, Jr. 
ALEXANDER M. FOX, Jr. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

THE 

Philadelphia Trust 

Safe Deposit and Insurance Company 



413, 415 & 417 CHESTNUT STREET 



OFFICERS 



Capital, $1,000,000 
Surplus, $3,000,000 



Deposits 



Estates 



Safes 




WILLIAM L. DU BOIS. President 

ROLAND L, TAYLOR. Vice-Prest. 
EDMUND D. SCHOLEY, 

Sec'y and Treas. 

HENRY B. HELFFRICH, 

Trust Officer 

SAMUEL E. CARTER. Ass't Treas. 
THOMAS B. PROSSER. 

Real Estate Officer 

HARRY STEWART. 

Ass't Real Estate Officer 

DIRECTORS 

William S. Grant 
William L. DuBois 
John Slory Jenks 
Lmcoln Godfrey 
John H. Converse 
Samuel Y. Heebner 
William H. Lambert 
N. Parker Shortridge 
William W. Frazier 
Edward T. Stotesbury 
James C. Brooks 
Roland L. Taylor 



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Merchants' Trust Company 

611-613 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 



Capital, $500,000 Full Paid 



Surplus and Undivided Profits, $113,682.92 



OFFICERS 
JOSEPH R. RHOADS, President EDWARD S. SAYRES, Vice-President 

HORACE B. PEARSON, 2d Vice-President and Treasurer CHARLES P. EARLY, Secretary 

WIL-LIAM B. LANE, Title and Trust Officer 



DIRECTORS 



S. Davis Page 
Joseph R. Rhoads 
Frank W. Paul 
Ctias. S. Hinchman 



Edward S. Sayres 
J. Bolton Winpenny 
Warren G. Griffith 
Edgar Dudley Faries 



Edward G. McCoUin 
Alfred I. Phillips 
George M. Wagner 
John H. Craven 



Horace B. Pearson 
John S. Bioren 
William W. Lucas 



RECEIVES DEPOSITS— ALLOWS INTEREST 



3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed Subject to 10 Days' Notice 



2 Per Cent. Interest Allowed Subject to Check 



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COUNTRY CHECKS 

With but few exceptions credited at par 



Acts as Executor, Administrator 

Guardian, Trustee and Assignee 

TIME LOCKS 



RENTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 

In Burglar Proof Vaults 

Boxes can be opened only by the Owner 



Mail Deposits Promptly Acknowledged 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 

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Solicits Current Deposit Accounts, allowing 
Interest. Acts as Agent for the Purchase and Sale of 
Real Estate in and around Philadelphia. Collects 
Interest, Dividends and Income of all kinds. Acts as 
Financial Agent for Institutions. Collects Rents, 
Negotiates Mortgages. 

Receives and Executes Trusts of every des- 
cription. Rents Safe Deposit Boxes in Burglar-Proof 
Vaults. Takes General Charge and Management of 
Properties. Acts as Registrar, Transfer or Financial 
Agent for Corporations and as Trustee under Cor- 
poration Mortgages. 

GEORGE H. EARLE, Jr.. President 
S. F. HOUSTON, Vice-President 
EDW. S. BUCKLEY. Jr.. Treasurer 
JOHN A. MCCARTHY. Trust Officer 
WM. R. PHILLER. Secretary 



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Southwest Corner Fourth and Green Streets, Philadelphia 



Capital Stock. FuM Paid » 500.000.00 

Surplus and Undivided Profits 625.000.00 

Deposit. 3.191.918.29 

Interest Allowed on Deposits 

Money Loaned on Approved Security 

Banking Department 

Receives money on deposit, subject to check 
on sight, allowing 2 per cent, interest and 3 
per cent, on ten days' notice. 

Rents boxes for safe keeping of valuables. 
in burglar and fire-proof vaults, for $3.00 and 
upwards. 

Letters o( Credit and International Cheques 
for Travelers issued, available everywhere. 




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OFFICERS 
GEORGE KES5LER. President 
JOHN G. VOGLER. 1st Vice-President HERMAN 

PHILIP SPAETER. 2d Vice-President PHILIP E. 

DIRECTORS 
Ceorse Keulcr Philip Spactcr Jno. G. Voglcr C. J. Prciwndanz 

Philip Doctt Chnrlei Mahler John Gieenwood William Roesch 

Fred It Orlttnsnn Wm H Rookilool Fred'k Gacckler Brrnhatd Ern»l 

Cha:. G. Berlmscr Albert Hfllwia GeorRc Na» Daniel W. Grofly 



Title and Real Estate Department 

Examines and Insures I ities to Real Elslate. 

Collects Rents. Dividends, Interests, Etc. 

Money loaned on Mortgage and Mortgages 
for sale. 

Attends to all details pertaining to Buying, 
Selling and Conveying of Real Estate. 

Trust Department 

Transacts all Trust Company business and 
acts in the capacity of Executor, Administrator. 
Guardian or Trustee, taking entire charge 
of estates. 

/\ll Valuables Received for Safe Keeping. 

Wills receipted and kept in Safe Boxes 
without Charge. 



Wise H MAN. Sec'y and Treas. 
GUCKES. Tfjrfi Officer 



J. Edwin Rrch 
Auguii P. Kunzie 
Altint .Schoc-nhut 
Cha*. W. Miller 



Wm. G. Berlinaer 
Chas. Slrickler 
Jacob Kramer 
I. P. Sirittmatter 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



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THE UNION TRUST COMPANY 

715-719 Chestnut Street 



Clarence L. Marper 

PRESIDENT 



George Burn ham. Jr. 

VICE PRESIDENT 



Wm. J. Clark 

TREASURER. 



John Stokes Adams 

TRUST OFFICER 



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TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY 

Lancaster Avenue and Fortieth Street, Philadelphia 



CAPITAL 
SUR.PLUS 



Full Paid) 
(Earned), 



$500,000.00 
300,000.00 



OFFICERS 

AUGUSTUS I. WOOD, President 

CHRISTIAN G. GROSS, First Vice-President 

J. PENROSE COLLINS, Second Vice-President and Title Officer 

RALPH I. LEVERING. Secretary and Treasurer 

WESLEY H. HOOT, Assistant Secretary 

HENRY B. GARBER, Assistant Title Officer 



ALEX. SIMPSON. Jr. 
EDW. W. WOOLMAN 
JOSEPH JOHNSON 
PETER F. CARROLL 
CHRISTIAN G. GROSS 



DIRECTORS 

JAMES C. SHEDWICK 
SAMUEL D. HALL 
WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON 
JAMES M. KELLEY 
J. HENRY JAHKE 



JAMES G, FRANCIS 
FREDERICK A. GENTH, 
J. PENROSE COLLINS 
ROBERT PATTON 
AUGUSTUS I. WOOD 



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OFFICIAL II ISIOKUAI. SOUVENIU 



W^illiatn W. Rorer 



Certified Public Accountant 



was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and received 
his elementary education in the public schools of his 
native county and later in Philadelpliia. lie pursued 
a coniniercinl course at I'eirce Scliodl and was gradu- 
ated in 1884. 

Since that time he has been continuously engaged 
in the study, teaching and practice of bookkeeping and 
practical accounting. He has been employed with mer- 
cantile and manufacluring conccrr.s as bookkeeper, 
business manager, chief accountant and treasurer. 

Mr. Rorer early established a reputation as a con- 
sulting accountant, and in the summer of 1898 opened 
an office in the Lippincott Building. Me successfully 
passed the required examination before the Stale Hoard 
of Examiners and was duly commissioned a certified 
public accountant by Governor William A Stone, De- 
cember 19. 1901. Mr. Rorer maintains an office as a 
certified public accountant in the Real Estate Trust 
Building. 

Mr. Rorer's services have been in demand as an 
instructor in higher accounting. He was for several 
years a lucmber of the Faculty of Peirce School and 
later of the Evening School of -Accounts and Finance 
of the University of Pennsylvania, in addition to which 
he has conducted private classes in practical accounting. 

He is a member of the Penn.sylvania Institute of 
Certified Public .Accountants, the American .'\ssociation 
of Public Accountants, the Society of Political and Social 
Sciences, Bookkeepers' Beneficial -Association, Peirce 
School Alumni Association, Twenty-third Sectional 
School Board, and other civic and fraternal organ- 
izations. 



Capital $125,000 



Surplus $25,000 



J|olmesturs 
^ru£it Company 



HOLMESBURG 
PHILADELPHIA 



OFFICERS 

WARREN T. RAWSON 

President 

JOSEPH H. BROWN 

Vice-President 

WILLIAM M. ROWLAND 

Treasurer and Secretary 






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North Philadelphia Trust Company 




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WILLIAM M. CORDON 
President 

LEE SOWDEN 

Sccretary-Trctsurer 



WELLINGTON ]. SNYDER 

Title and Trust Oficcr 



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I Broad Street, Germantown and Erie Avenues, Philadelphia | 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 




E. W. Clark & Co 



321 CHESTNUT STREET 



New York Correspondents 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK 
CLARK, DODGE & CO. 







CHAS. D. BARNEY & CO. 



Dealers in Investment Securities 



MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK AND 
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGES 



NEW YORK, 25 Broad Street 



PHILADELPHIA, 122-24 South Fourth Street 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 




ESTABLISHED 1837 
CHAS. S. WHELEN J. HUNTER EWING WM. B. WHELEN THOMAS L. ELWYN 

TOWNSEND WHELEN & CO. 

Bankers and Stock Brokers 

MEMBERS 

Philadelphia and New York Stock Exchanges 

No. 309 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA 

All Classes of Stocks and Bonds bought and sold on 



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Interest allowed on Deposits subject to check at sight ^ 

APPRAISEMENTS of Estates Made Free of Charge O 

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INewburger, Henderson & Loeb 

Members New York niul Phihulelphia 
Stock Hxchniiues 

BANKERS AND BROKERS 

High Grade Investment Securities 

Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on Commission 

Correspondence hwited 

527 Chestnut Street loo Broadway 

IMiihidelphia New York 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 
Established 1865 



BIOREN ^ CO 

BANKERS 
314 Chestnut Street 



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JOHN S. BIOREN 
WALTER H. LIPPINCOTT 



E. CLARENCE MILLER 
EDWARD C. DALE 



HENRY D. WIEAND 



Deposits received, subject to check 

Corporation and municipal loans neg;otiated 

Dealers in investment securities 

Stocks and bonds bought and sold on commission in all markets 

Members of Philadelphia £? New York Stock Exchanges 



DRAYTON & ELKINS 

BANKERS 

LAND TITLE BUILDING 



Investment Securities 



Allow Interest on Deposit 
Make Loans Sub/ecf to Approved Collateral 



MEMBERS 
New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges 



VERNER & CO. 



BANKERS 



NORTH AMERICAN BUILDING 
PHILADELPHIA 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Bodine, Sons £? Co. 

Lar.^c uKTcantilc Ikuiscs occasion- 
ally rrtiuirc addiliDiial nmncy to carry 
on their business, even a large capital 
sometimes proving inadequate. At such 
a time they will ])Ui their paper on the 
street for sale. If the house is an 
exceptionally g<'>o(l i>ne, their paper is 
eagerly sought after hy investors. A 
number of large bankers and brokers 
of Philadelphia make a specially of this 
branch of the business, notably the well- 
known firm of Bodine, Sons »& Co., 
located at Xo. 129 South Fourth Street. 

The business was originally estab- 
lished by Keen, I'.udine (K: Co., in 1867. 
Mr. Keen died in iNifi, and the business 
has since been carried on as Bodine, 
Sons & Co. This hrm transacts a gen- 
eral banking and brokerage business, and 
has a large list of customers securing 
commercial paper through them. Care 
is exercised at all times that the inter 
ests of the buyer are fully protected, 
niilhing but the best class of pajjcr 
being dealt in, mostly issued by jironii- 
nent Philadelphia houses and leading 
firms and corporations throughout the 
State. Some of the large New >'ork 
hou.ses make use of this firm in i)lac- 
ing their paper. 

'Jhe members (if the tirm are 
George 1. Bodine. i*"ranklin i. I'lddine, 
Robert E. Stuneback. Curnelius I'udine 
and George 1. Bodine, jr. The Imnse 
is well and favoral)lv kn^wn in linancial 
circles, the members being all natives 
of this city, and pronn'nent in social and 
club circles. 



F. T. CHANDLER 



PERCY M. CHANDLER 



Chandler Brothers 
& Company 

BANKERS m BROKERS 



MEMBERS OF 



Philadelphia Stock E.xchange 
New York Cotton Exchange 
New York Stock Exchange 
Chicago Stock Exchange 
Chicago Board of Trade 



Third and Walnut Streets 
PHILADELPHIA 

BRANCH OFFICES: 

1 1 1 Broadway i Rooms 808 and 809 1 New York 

941 and 942 Real Estate Trust Building, Philadelphia 

Private Wires to all Financial Centres 



J. W. Sparks & Co, 



Members 



Philadelphia Stock Exchange 
New York Stock Exchange 
Chicago Board of Trade 



Transact General 
Stock Exchange 
Commission Business 



Chestnut & Third Sts. 

Mariner & Merchant 

Building 



INVESTMENT SECURITIES 

jnUNICIPAL. STEAM AND ELECTRIC 
RAILROAD BONDS 



PRIVATE WIRES 

New York Pittsburg 



Cincinnati 



St. Louis 



Chicago 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



HENRY & WEST 

BANKERS 

Members New York and 
Philadelphia Stock Ex- 
changes. Dealers in high- 
grade Investment Securities. 
Interest allowed on deposits 
subject to check. 



BROAD AND CHESTNUT 
STREETS 

Philadelphia 



V. D'AMBROSIO 

Spanker ^ profeer 







N. W. Cor. 8th and Fitzwater Streets 



First Italian Bank Founded in Philadelphia 



ESTABLISHED 1886 



General figenf for fhe Fabre Line Steamship Company 



Drafts Sold on any City of the World 



Thomas L. Lawson 
& Sons 

BROKERS 




Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on Commission 



No. 19 South Third Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



3talo=^mencan Companp 



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Serafim & Ciavarelli Co. 

901 CHRISTIAN STREET 
PHILADELPHIA 

General Banking and Steamship 
Agency 



Real Estate Brokers 



Foreign Exchange 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Established 1897 



Win. L. Bear & Co. 

(Members Chicago Board of Trade) 

BROKERS 

Pennsylvania Bldg., Chestnut and l^th Streets, Philadelphia 

STOCKS— BONDS— INVESTMENTS 



30 SECONDS 

to Chicago Board of Trade 



2 MINUTES 

to any Grain Market in America 



Our CHICAGO WIRE is a part of the Logan & Bryan Circuit 
The largest private wire system in the world 

LANCASTER YORK HARRISBURG 



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The Edward P. Moxcy 
— — Audit Co. ^=— 

Edward P. Moxey. C. P. A. 
Edward P. Moxcy. jr., C. P. A. 

Accounting Work of Every Description 
For 

Banks, Trust Companies. 
Railroads, Corporations, 
Firms and Individuals. 

1201 to 120J Real Estate Trust Building 
PHILADELPHIA 



BANCA CALABRESE 




FRANK R. BILOTTA 

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER 

S E. COR. 7TH AND CHRISTIAN STREETS 
PHILADELPHIA 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

ESTABLISHED IN 1887 



G. TUMOLILLO 



BANKER 

AND 

BROKER 



927 and 929 South Eighth Street 



PHILADELPHIA I 



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FRANK DIBERARDINO 

82 1 CHRISTIAN ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA 

Branches 

6328 Vine Street, West Philadelphia 
Sixth and Webster Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

General Agent 

Royal Italian 
Mail Steamship Company 



NtW YORK 



ITALY 



Member of the Firm 

TUmOLILLO & DI BERARDINO 

1 22 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

General Agents of "Italia" Steamship Co. 



Direct Service 



Philadelphia — Italy 



Bell Telephone 



KeystoriC Telephone 
Main. 1938 



CESARE ROMANO 

BANKER 
BROKER AND STEAMSHIP AGENT 



Proprietor of the 

Pottstown Trap Rock Quarry 

and Crusher 



Laborers Furnished for Railroad, Reservoir 
Grading, Etc. 



General Office 

807 South Eighth Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



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OFKICIAL TIISTOUICAI, SOL'VEXIU 



The Certified Public Accountant 
Essential to 

SUCCESS IN BUSINESS 



One of the factors most essential to business 
success to-day is the certified public accountant, 
whose services have become of inestimable value 
and importance to business ami linancial interests. 
The guide by which every merchant, manufacturer 
and business man conducts his business and upon 
which he plans his transactions are his books and 
accounts. The latter must not only be accurate, 
but should be so systematized as to readily show 
the experience and condition of his business and 
thus enable him to wisely determine his operations. 
Experience has shown that the technical knowledge 
and skill of the certified public accountant is all- 
important in the formulating and devising of sys- 
tems of accounts to properly and adequately meet 
the peculiar requirements of diverse business or fi- 
nancial concerns. In the settlement of bankruptcy 
matters, where the accounts have (either through 
intent or carelessness) been incorrectly kept, the 
services of a skilled accountant are absolutely es- 
sential to the proper adjustment of such aflfairs and 
the conserving of creditors" interests. Jacob H. 
Schiff, the eminent fmancier, says; "It is almost im- 
possible to obtain a correct judgment of any under- 
taking 'a'illiout the assistance uf the expert accountant." 
Philadelphia, as the centre of the manufacturing in- 
terests of the United States, fittingly ranks amongst 
the foremost of our great cities in the number of 
her practicing public accountants, prominent among 
whom may be mentioned The United States Audit 
Company. Dre.xel building, with a branch office at 
320 Broadway, New York. This company was incoi - 
porated in March, 1903, continuing the business 
successfully conducted for many years by Peter 
Ballingall. Certified Public .Accountant, who is the 
President of the company, which has an excellent 
staflf of experienced and able accountants to meet 
the growing demands for its services in Philadel- 
phia and New York, and in many of the Western 
and Southern States. While speaking of The 
United States Audit Company, we might cite a case 
which was recently decided in the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania, involving over $40,000. The de- 
cision was given almost entirely on the evidence of 
Mr. Ballingall, who was retained as expert account- 
ant on the case, and whose testimony was de- 
scribed as being "Direct, accurate and utterly unim- 
peachable, and its influence in such an important 
legal action cannot help but go a long way toward 
directing widespread attention to the true value of 
the work of the certified public accountant. 



R. E. Kennedy ^ Co. 

Certified 
Public Accountants 



Cost Systems 

A udiling 
and Accounting 
in all its branches 



929 CHESTNUT STREET 
PHIL.ADELPHIA 




The B. F. Goodrich Co. 

AKRON, OHIO 



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Tires of All Descriptions 
Mechanical Goods 

and 

Druggists' Sundries 



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Philadelphia Branch 

1332 ARCH STREET 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



INSURANCE 



Having been the pioneer in so man)' of the 
arts and industries, it is fitting that this city 
should have been the birthplace of the first 
scheme of insurance on the American Continent. 

In 1738 the first fire company was organized 
here, and at that time there was not a single 
insured building in the city. 

The early colonists felt the need of some pro- 
tection from loss by fire, but it was not until 
fourteen years later that steps were taken to 
organize a company for that purpose. 

The result of this move was the first fire 
insurance company in America. It was known as 
"The Philadelphia Contributionship for the In- 
surance of Houses from Loss by Fire," and was 
organized in 1752 with Benjamin Franklin as a 
subscriber and a member of the Board of Direct- 
ors. The company issued policies for a term of 
seven years upon the payment of a deposit, the 
interest on which during the continuance of the 
policy belonged to the company. No other com- 
pany was organized in America until 1783. x^t 
that time the Contributionship, claiming that trees 
in front of houses interfered with the throwing 
of water during a fire, announced its intention ot 
raising rates upon property where there were 
trees. 

A large number of those insured objected to 
this increase and seceded from the original com- 
pany. They made a demand for the old rates, 
and being refused formed The Mutual Assurance 
Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire. 

Ten years later the Insurance Company of 
North America was organized and it was the first 
joint-stock company in this country. It confined 
itself to fire and marine business, although its 
charter allowed it to write all kinds of insurance. 

The Insurance Company of the State of 
Pennsylvania obtained its charter in 1794 and the 
L'nion Mutual Insurance Company in 1804. 

In 1759 the first life insurance company was 
organized. It was known as The Corporation for 
the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian 
Ministers and for the Poor and Distressed Wid- 
ows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers. It 
is a wonder that the awful title did not smother 



this pioneer organization, but it still exists and is 
successful, although its title has been abbre- 
viated to The Presbyterian Annuity and Life In- 
surance Company. 

Since this early period there have been many 
companies of various kinds organized in Phila- 
delphia. These include fire, life, accident, health, 
and surety companies, all of which have found a 
prolific field in the rapidly increasing population. 

Just as badly as the workingman needs in- 
surance for his home in case of fire, he as badly 
needs insurance to protect his wife and little 
ones in case of his death. He also needs insurance 
in case of sickness when he is incapacitated for 
work and his family must be provided for. Again, 
he needs accident insurance, for in a big city 
with its attendant dangers insurance must again 
stand between him and possible want and priva- 
tion. Another great aid to a workman is the 
surety company. He has a position to go to 
which requires a bond and knows not where to 
get one. The surety company, with the same 
beneficence displayed by the other companies in 
the case of fire, sickness, accident, or death, comes 
to his aid and furnishes the security demanded 
by the employer. 

It is therefore obvious that no form of insur- 
ance should he neglected. It is a protection in 
every quarter. A man who by hard labor acquires 
a home should protect himself from loss by fire, 
and he should also look after his family by the 
protection alTorded by the other forms of insur- 
ance. The man of wealth does not neglect these 
matters, though far more able to stand loss than 
the workingman. 

The statistics of the companies in the various 
lines show that a large proportion of the popula- 
tion invests in at least one or more of the various 
forms of insurance, which shows that the people 
are acquiring wisdom through the useful knowl- 
edge which the companies and their many 
agents are daily disseminating. A very large 
number of Philadelphians own the houses in which 
they dwell, hence the name "City of Homes. ' 
These have been acquired by frugality, and the 
man who is frugal usually possesses sufficient 
shrewdness to protect by insurance the home he 
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THE PHILADELPHIA 




COXTRIBLTIONSHIP 



For the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire 

212 SOUTH FOURTH STREET 

The Oldest Insurance Company in America 



The old "Hand in Hand," as this Fire Insurance Company is generally called, was founded on March 
^5, 17S~, and a meeting was lield at the Court House on April ijth of the citizens of Philadelphia who had 
subscribed to certain Articles of Agreement "for their own mutual security and for the common security and 
advantage of their fellow citizens and others," called a Deed of Settlement, which for over lOO years was 
signed by all who took out a policy in the Company. The Inrst name subscribed was James Hamilton, then 
Lieutenant-Governor of the Province. 

Benjamin Pranklin headed the list of Direciors, who at their first meeting adopted a seal for the 
Company of four hands united. This badge, or mark, was placed on every properly which was insured, and 
gave notice to the volunteer firemen, who, in many cases w-ere members of the Contribulionship, that they 
should exert every effort to save the building, as they would have to bear their proportionate share of the loss. 

The plan of the Company was that of Mutual Insurance, and the members were called Contributors. 
The policies were issued for a term of seven years upon tlie payment of a deposit, the interest of which dur- 
ing the continuance of the policy was used by the Company to pay losses and expenses, any balance being 
returned as a profit, and if insufficient to meet these charges, the deposit itself was used and the Contributor 
was personally liable for half as much more. 

In 1763 the Contributors unanimously voted to create a surplus fund out of any profits, and to do away 
with their personal liability beyond the amount of their deposit money, and in 1810 the policies were changed 
to perpetual. 

The directors met generally at a Public House about six p. m., and while they received refreshments 
for their services, they were fined two shillings if they were absent, and these fines were applied to erecting 
mile-stones, the first in this part of America, on the higlnvays leading from Philadelphia. During the Revo- 
lution the Company aided in protecting the City from fire by sweeping the chimneys of those houses where 
the owners were away and the British soldiers were quartered. 

From the first the Company adopted the plan of inspecting all the buildings it insured, and this plan 
has always been adhered to. As a result of this, and the care taken in the investment of the funds of the 
Company, as well as in keeping the expenses at a most reasonable figure, its progress has ever been a pleas- 
ant and prosperous one, and as Horace Binncy. Esq., the well-known lawyer, who was a Director for 
41 years, said in his address at the Centennial celebration of the Company in 1852. "There never was a period 
when a loss of any extent disturbed the finances of the Company." and this statement still holds good, as it 
is now-, after 156 years of business, the strongest active fire insurance company in the world. 

The Company still writes only perpetual insurance on brick and stone buildings in Pennsylvania, and 
its policies are valued not only because of the strength and stability of the Company, but also because a par- 
tial loss does not reduce the amount of the insurance, which is only atTected when a total loss is paid for a 
single fire. In addition to this, all policies which have been with the Company for ten years or more now 
participate in any dividends declared, which, since 1895. have been at the rate of 10 per cent, a year on the 
deposit money so held. No wonder, therefore, that a Contribulionship policy is greatly prized, since it gives 
the best insurance as well as a most profitable investment, and the old Company is to-day looked upon by 
Philadelphians with pride as the link which binds the past with the present, and gives promise in the future 
to continue to give the best indemnity against fire and maintain the dignity and honor of our beloved city. 

OFFICERS 

Chairman 

John T. Morris 



Secretary and Treasurer 
J. SoMERS Smith, Jr. 



Assistant Secretary 
Charles T. Cowtf.rtiiw.mt 



John T. Morris 
E1.LIST0N P. Morris 
J. Rodman Paul 

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Franxis a. Lewis 
Charles S. W. Paikard 
V\' alter George Smith 
Wharton Sinki.kh, M. O. 



Charles Biddle 
James Logan Fisher 
Roland S. Morris 

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This old and staunch company owes its origin to a pecular rule adopted in 1783 b\' the 
only insurance company in America at that time. This company, after some heavy losses, 
decided to refuse to insure houses with trees in front of them on account of their branches ? 
preventing the water from reaching the front of the building in the event of a fire. 

The fire apparatus in use at that time was primitive and the water supply feeble and pre- 

* carious. The compan_\"s decision was considered unreasonable by a large number of people 
J insured in it, and the objecters to what they termed an arbitrary rule met and adopted the 
V following : 

* "\\'nEKE.\s, A great number of the Citizens of Philadelphia who are proprietors of Houses * 
X in said City and its Suburbs, many of whom now are, or have been Alembers of the Corporation X 
T for insurinsr houses from Loss bv Fire, have found convenient and agreeable to them to have T 

f Trees planted in the Streets before their Houses, which the said Corporation have thought J* 
proper to prohibit by one of their By-Laws, also the same is expressly permitted by a Law of X 
1; the State, and notwithstanding Application has bjen made by about forty of their Members to ^ 

* have said By-Law repealed who signified their willingness that an addition should be made to f 
% the Premium of their Insurance for the supposed Risciue attending Trees in Cases of Fire as 4> 
% is done with respect to Bake Houses, Coopers", Apothecaries' and Oil Men's Shops, Stores con- X 
•s* taining Pitch, Tar. Brimstone, etc., which .\pplication has been granted. * 
X "U'hkkefori-:, We, the Subscribers, desirous of insuring our Houses from Loss by Fire, and * 
% seeing ourselves precluded from the Advantages of the present Institution, have judged it nee- || 

* essary to form another society for the purpose aforesaid, and do therefore hereby mutually agree || 

* with each other as follows, to wit : * 
^ "That as soon as so many Persons as have propertv in Houses to the value of One Hundred ^ 

* Thousand Pounds collectively, and who hereby agree to have them insured by the intended j 
Institution, shall have subscribed their names to this Writing, a Meeting of the Subscribers * 
shall be called to form a plan for the Management thereof. % 

* "That in order to determine the value of the Property intended to become the object of T 
■^ insurance, each Subscriber insert the Number and Situation of his Houses designed to be insured. * 

"That, as we have no Design or Intention to prejudice the institution already established, and 
I; are only actuated by a desire to insure our own Property, we do agree that if the By-Law above 

* referred to shall be repealed within two months from the Date hereof and a reasonable Premium 
% fixed for the supposed additional Riscjue attending Trees, that this agreement shall be void ; 
"t otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue, 
f "Philadelphia. July 5th, 1784." 

.> The old company refused to recede from the stand it had taken and a meeting of the dis- 

|| satisfied ones was held at the City Cof¥ee House, September 29, 1784, and the Company was 
f organized by the choice of thirteen Trustees and a Treasurer, and a Deed of Settlement made. 
<♦ Trees were allowed by the Policy and a charge of 17 to 20 shillings with a proviso that they 

* should be kept trimmed down to the eaves of a house, and if any tree was planted and not ^ 

* reported within a year the Policy should be void. 

* The Charter was obtained February 2/, 1786. The Corporators named being Matthew 
X Clarkson, William Craig, Benjamin Wynkoop, John Phillips. John Clement Stocker, Thomas 

* Franklin, Isaac Jones. Jolui Harrison, Joseph Sims, Phillip \\'ager, James Cooper, Presley Black- 

* iston and John Wharton — who were also named as Trustees of the Company until the .\nnual 
% Meeting in the following October. 4, 
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* the first Treasurer, to remain in office until the .Annual Meeting of the Insurers on the first 4* 
^. Monday in October following. 4. 
A The Company has enjoyed an uninterrupted career of prosperity for over a century. The || 

* meetings of the Trustees have been held on the second Wednesday of each month from the t 
« early history of the Company to the present time. They were originally hekl at the Court % 
^ House, City Hall, Indian King and house of Henry Knorr on the Schuylkill, until the purchase X 

* of an office in 1812, No. 54 Walnut Street, w-here the Company continued till \8^(-i. when the f 
■i' present office. 526 ^^'alnut Street, was bought and occupied. * 
4! The Trustees at the present time are : J. Dickinson Sergeant. Henr\- W. Biddle. John T. |l 
1| Lewis, Jr., Effingham B. Morris, G. Assheton Carson, Chas. Morton Smith, Owen \\'ister. Wil- ^ 

* Ham D. \\'insor. Emlyn L. Stewardson, S. Weir Mitchell. .Arthur E. Xewbold, Francis E. Bond, ^ 
% Geo. W. Xorris, and Treasurer Clififord Lewis. t, 

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fifth year of successful business and entered on the last quar- 
ter of its centurx- run with prospects that hear high testimony 
to the business accunien of its management. 

The com])any was incorporated by act of legislature, May 
.^. 1832, as The 1-ire Insurance Company of the County of 
i'hiladelphia. and was authorized lo do Inisiness the 25th of 
January, 1833. but it was not until the following April that 
the first office, on the cast side of Third Street, above Vine. 
was opened and business started. This location was in the 
old Northern Liberties District, the charter stipulating liiat 
the conii)any should always be located north of \'ine Street. 
This provision was afterwards repealed, and in 1868 the 
company purchased and altered to its needs the present build- 
ing at Xo. no South Fourth Street, eventually rebuilding 
and enlarging the structure. 

The ])aid-up capital of tlie Company was originally 
$100,000, but in 1880 it was increased to $200,000 when 
operations were extended beyond the local field and the 
business grew so rapidly that the capital was again increased 
to $400,000. During the first fifty years of business the 
company was very conservative and its growth correspond- 
ingly slow, the assets in 1880 being but $278,068. During 
the last twenty-five years a vigorous management has materi- 
ally increased the growth and the last statement showed assets 
of $1,086,492.53, of which $186,183.44 is net surplus over all liabilities, and $586,183.44 is a 
surplus to policyholders. Not one cent was ever contributed to the surplus by the stockholders, 
which was earned despite the fact that during its career the company has paid losses amounting 
to $3,201,819.00 and dividends to stockholders of $956,400.00. 

In 1905 the company abandoned its old charter and secured the passage of a new act which 
broadened its privileges by eliminating some of the original charter's restrictive sections. 

The company for many years had come to Ije known as the L'ounty hire Insurance Co., 
and the new act legalized this change of name. The president of the ci ni])any is Charles R. 
I'eck, who has been identified with the insurance business for forty-two years: the vice-presi- 
dent is Alfred F. iNloore. mamifacturer of insulated wire, and the secretary is Edgar A. Law, 
will) has jiractically spent his entire business life with the company. The gentlemen composing 
the I'.oard of Directors are: Alfred F. Moore, Jose]ili .Moore, Jr., Joseph A. IJremer, \\'illiam 
W. I-'itler, John W. Pearce, Henry E. Drayton, (icorge Stevenson, George Fales Raker, M. D., 
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225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 
^ FOUNDED 1792 

I OLDEST STOCK FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY 



IN THE UNITED STATES 



INSURANCE COMPANY 
OF NORTH AMERICA 

232 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cash Capital, $3,000,000.00 



OFFICERS 

CHARLES PLATT, President 

EUGENE L. ELLISON, Vice-President BENJAMIN RUSH, Second Vice-President 

GREVILLE E. FRYER, Secretary and Treasurer T. HOUARD WRIGHT, Assistant Secretary 

HENRY W. FARNUM, Marine Secretary JOHN O. PLATT, Assistant Secretary 



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Charles Piatt 
Edward S. Buckley 
Edward H. Coates 
John S. Jenks 
Edward Hopkinson 



George H. McFadden 
William D. Winsor 
Henry W. Biddle 
G. Assheton Carson 
C. Hartman Kuhn 



Nathan Trotter 
Arthur E. Newbold 
Charles P\att, Jr. 
C. S. W. Packard 
J. Percy Keating 



Lincoln Godfrey 

G. Colesberry Purves 

Bayard Henry 

R. Winder Johnson 

John W. Pepper 




PENNSYLVANIA FIRE 

INSURANCE COMPANY 








INCORPORATED 1825 

CHARTER PERPETUAL 

Cash Capital . . . 
Reserve for Reinsurance 
Outstanding Claims 
Net Surplus . - . 
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R. DALE BENSON, President 
JOHN L. THOMSON, Vice-President 
W. GAKDNER CROWELL, Secretary 



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$750,000.00 
$3,794,536.17 

$302,296.97 
$1,615,283.97 
$6,462,117.11 



CHARLES W. MERRILL, ;>ssisiant Secretary 
HAMPTON L. WARNER. Assistant Secretary 
\VM. J. DAWSON, Sec'y Agency IJepartmenl 



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THE DELAWARE 

Insurance Company of Philadelphia 

Formerly the Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Company, was 
organized in Delaware County, Pa., in 1835, with its head office in 
Chester, Pa. It moved to Philadelphia in 1838, and in 1855 
erected its present office building at 

S. E. Cor. Third and Walnut Streets 

In 1891 it purchased the adjoining property on Third Street, and 
now has a corner location which extends from street to street. 

The Delaware has been in all the large conflagrations, and has 
always maintained its motto "Just, Prompt and Certain," under all 
circumstances. 

It numbers among its Directors some of the best known business 
men in Philadelphia, and transacts business throughout the entire 
United States, with but few exceptions. 



225TII ANXIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



United Firemen^s Insurance 
Company 

In tlie }(.'ar 1858 a number of volunteer fire 
engine, hose and hook and ladder companies of 
Philadelphia, who were not members of the Fire 
Association, agitated the question of forming 
another insurance company, and in i860 a special 
act was secured from the Legislature for the 
incorporation of the United Firemen's Insurance 
Company, with a guaranteed capital of $100,000. 
Twenty-eight volunteer companies were in the 
list of incorporators. 

In April, 1 861, notwithstanding the (out- 
break of the Civil War, the company began busi- 
ness with Conrad B. Andress, Northern Liberty 
Hose Company, as president ; William H. Fagen, 
]Moyamensing Hose Company, secretary, and 
William A. Rolin, of Schuylkill Hose Com])aiiy, 
as treasurer. 

Business was restricted under the charter to 
the City of Philadelphia and none but members 
of the volunteer fire department could hold stock. 
These restrictions were later removed by amend- 
ments to the charter. 

The first perpetual policy of the company 
was issued to Samuel P. Fearon, who was chief 
engineer of the volunteer fire department from 
185'! to i860. Since that time the company has 
built up a large and valuable perpetual business. 

The company did not extend its business 
outside of the city until 1873. In 1882, Joseph 
L. Caven, Esq., a well-known citizen of Phila- 
delphia, was elected president and he so served 
until 1892. when he resigned to accept the 
|)residency of the Real Estate Title Insurance 
and Trust Company. He was succeeded by 
Robert B. Beath, who had been elected secretary 
of the company in 1881. Mr. Caven served as 
vice-president until he died. 

In 1882 the company purchased the prop- 
erty at 419 W'alnut Street, and erected thereon 
the present office building, which was ready for 
occupancy in Decen^bcr of that year. 

The present directors and officers of the 
company are : 

DIRECTORS 

Alfred Moore. ,\ttorney-at-Law 

Holstein DeHaven, President Real Estate Title 

IiiNuraiici- and Trust Company 
Henry B. Tener, Secretary and Treasurer Mort- 

Kape Trust Co. of Penna. 
William Wood. Manufacturer 
James Caven, Manufacturer 

Louis Wagner, President Third National Bank 
Harry M. Rolin Treasurer Merchants' Fund 
Charles W. Welsh, Robt. Glcndinning & Co.. 

Hankers 
Albert Foulds, Treasurer Consolidated Ice Mfg. 

Co. 

OFFICERS 
President. Robert B. Beath 
Vice-President, Dennis J. Sweeny 
Secretary, Henry A. Knabe 
Assistant Secretary. William G. Wible 



The Reliance 
Insurance Company 

Tlie Reliance Insurance Company of 
Phi]a<lel])liia has lieen in the Fire Insur- 
ance liusiness for the past sixty-seven 
years, lia\'ing" been incorporated by the 
Legislature of Pennsylvania under a Per- 
petual Charter in the year 1S41. At the 
time the Com]Kiny was incor]iorated it was 
usurd for Insurance Coni])anies to trans- 
act Inisiness onlv in the citv in which 
they were located; following this prac- 
tice, the risks assumed by the "Reliance" 
were for a numlier of vears all in the 
City of Philadel|)hia. The Company is 
now represented l)v man\' Agents in 
nearh- all the States of the Union. 



OFFICERS 

WILLIAM CHUBB, President 
JOHN GLADING, Vice-President 
CHAS. J. WISTER, JR., Secretary 
CHAS. B. HILL, Assistant Secretary 



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T. Wistar Brown 
John Glading 
Alfred J. Fortin 
Cornelius Stevenson 
William Chubb 
Edward K. Bispham 



Richard Dale 
R. Francis Wood 
John B. Morgan 
Chas. J. Wister, Jr. 
Alex. W. Wister 
Samuel Bispham 



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275,000.00 Surplus to Policyholders - 358,804.81 



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M. JOS. NOVVLAN, ist Vice-President 

WILLIAM H. KILPATRICK, 2d Vice-President 

E. R. DAXN'KLS, Secretary 

JOHN A. ROBENO. Treasurer 

JAS. J. LEYUEN, Assistant Secretary 

HOME OFFICE, 300 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA 

The Jefferson Fire Insurance Company 

Tlie JctTcrson Fire Insurance Company, whose Home Office 
lluildiiig is No. 425 Walnut Street, was incorporated in 1855, and 
until it changed hands in the fall of 1905 did only a small business, 
with premiums not exceeding in any year $85,000. Since chang- 
ing hands an active policy has been pursued with a very 
decided growth of the company. The paid-in capital increased 
from $100,000 to $200,000, and the assets from $560,000 to 
$1,180,000. The company formerly had but nine agents and now 
are operating in forty States and have about 1300 agents, which 
explains their rapid growth from a premium income of $85,000 a 
year to a premium income for 1907 of $1,150,000. The company 
is well managed, and in order to make preparations for future 
growth, the stockholders authorized an increase in capital from 
$200,000 to $500,000, additional stock, to be issued from time to 
lime as the Board of Directors may deem advisable. Sydney E. 
Hutchinson, of the well-known insurance firm of Billington, 
Hutchinson & Co., is President; S. Laurence Bodine, Vice-Presi- 
dent; Charles B. Jennings, Secretary and Treasurer, and II. H. 
Rimington, Managing Underwriter. 

DIRECTORS 

Sydney E. Hutchinson, President 

E. T. Stotesbury, of Drcxel & Co.. Bankers 

George H. Frazier, of Brown Bros. & Co., Bankers 

George McFadden, of Geo. H. McFadden & Bro., Cotton 

David P. Billington, Insurance 

George Q. Horwitz, Attorney-at-Law 

Clement B. Newbold, Capitalist 

S. Pemherton Hutchinson, of Cramp, Mitchell & 

Shober, Bankers 
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Our City: Safe, Sound and Sure" 



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Dividends on stock represent the attainment of a good 
earning power, and the Payment of Dividends is a safe guide to an Insurance Company's prosperity, and 
brings wide benefits to its stockholders and policyholders. 

Cbe l^ome Life Insurance Company of Jlmcrka 



INCORPORATED 1899 



I PAID A DIVIDEND OF SIX PER CENT. (6%) on its capital stock June 20, 1908 



^ Stock o( this Company can only be purchased by policyholders. Each $1000 cf insurance purchased 

% entitles the insured to an option, for four months, to secure four shares of stock at $20.09 per share (par value 
A $10.00), full paid and non-assessable. 






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( $19.77 purchases $1000 Ordinary Insurance at age 30 

i SAFE AS A GOVERNMENT BOND 

* All policies are registered and secured by deposits 

* of approved securities with the Insurance Commissioner 

* of the Slate of Delaware and contain the endorsement deposit of approved securities depo^ilcJ uith this ^' 

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General Insurance Agents 
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Manhattan Building 

S. E. Corner Fourth and WalnutiStreets 

Philadelphia 



FIRE. MARINE, LIFE, STEAM BOILER, ACCIDENT, 
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY, SPRINKLER LEAKAGE. 
USE and OCCUPANCY, CREDIT INDEMNITY, RENT 
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This well known Insurance firm was established by John E. Creth and Joseph T. Sullivan. 
July I, 1 88 1, and has during the past quarter of a century been one of the most active and 
energetic firms in the Insurance business. 

They have been especially identified with the manufacturing interests in the Kensington 
mill district where they do a very large business, generally conceded to be the largest of any 
engaged in their line. 

While they represent as local agents the Insurance Company of .Vorth America, Continental 
of New York and County Fire of Philadelphia, their chief business is the placing of Fire Insurance 
as brokers. 






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WET AND DRY PIPE SYSTEM 

Saving from 35 to 50 per cent, on insurance rates. 

Universally Approved by the Underwriters throughout the United States and Europe. 
Open Sprinklers, Hydrant and Hose Stand Pipes Equipments. Steam, Electric and 
Rotary Fire Pumps. 

Kiir Inlormation and Proposals Hpply to the 

GENERAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY 

Engineers and Contractors 
Philadelphia Office 
Mutual Life Building, loth and Chestnut Sts. 
J.J. WERNLE, Department Agent 

Executive Offices at Providence, R. 1. 
Union Trust Building 

V. H. .M.WN.AKl). I'resi.lvnl and f.enerul M.in.lgcr 

KUSSF.I.L GRINNELL, \ ire-PreM.lfnl 

W. A. NERACHKR. 2d Vice-President 

W. S. H.ACKNKV, Treasurer 

K. \V. H.ARTWKLL, Secietary 

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Providence. R. 1.. F. W. Hartwell 
Warren. Ohio. W. A. Ncracher 
Charlotte. N. C. ' , „, „ 
Atlanta. Ga. , J. W. Conway 
New Orleans, La., S. 0. Thome 

Business Offices — Department Agents 
Providence, Union Trust Building, 
Montreal, 620 St. Paul St.. West. 

J. R. Dickineon 
New York. Trinity Building. J. T. Dyas 
Buffalo. 67DunBld'E. F. J. Fertig, Cont. Agt. 



Philadelphia. Mutual Life Building. J. J. Wcrnle 
Chicago. Royal Insurance Bid g. B.W. Dawley 
Cleveland. Soc'y for Savings BUI'g.A.Fritzsche 
Pittsburg. Pa.. Machcfney BId'g, 

F. J. Fertig, Cont. Agt. 
Cincinnati, Union Trust BId'g, A. J. Neracber 
St. Louis, Lincoln Trust Building, John Moore 

Southern Oep't— J- W. Conway. Mimiiger 

Atlanta. Ga.. 276 Marietta St.. R. B. Blis.s 
Charlotte, N.C., North College St., J. P. Swan 
New Orleans, La.. Canal and N. Claiborne Sts. 
S. S. Smith, Cont. Agt 



Agents for Mass.-n hiiscus and Noithern New Englaiiil 
General Fire Extinguisher Company of Massachusetts 
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Keystone Phone. Main 1772 ^i 



A. M. WALDRON 

General Insurance Agent and Broker 

WALDRON BUILDING 

426 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

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only at the lowest rates. Liberal forms of policies. Losses 
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Palatine Insurance Company, Ltd., of London S 

Alleraannia Fire Insurance Co., of Pittsburg ^ 

German Fire Insurance Company, of Pittsburg S 

Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance Co., of Milwaukee ^ 

German Underwriters' of Milwaukee, Wis. S 

Milwaukee Fire Insurance Company of Milwaukee % 

Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Co., of Detroit S 

Dubuque Fire and Marine Insurance Co., of Dubuque, Iowa •¥* 

German Fire Insurance Company of Peoria S 

Virginia State Insurance Company, of Richmond * 






ETTING &. CO. 



327 Walnut Street 



PHILADELPHIA 






THE KEYSTONE 
FIRE EXTINGUISHER 

Is the most effective Hand 
Chemical Fire Fighting 
Appliance manufactured. 
It is simple in operation 
and quick in action. 

Chemical Fire Engines, Hose Wagons 
and Fire Protection Equipment 
generally 

Manufactured in 
Philadelphia by 

JAMES BOYD & BRO., Inc. 

14 North Fourth Street 



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One of the oldest aiul nuKt sulisuuiiial insiiimioiis in tlie City 
of Philadelphia is The i'ciiii Mimial Life Insurance Company, h 
was founded in 1S47. Its growth has been gradual and steady, it 
having been the constant aim of the management to maintain a "just 
balance between conservatism and progress. 

The Company began its sixty-tirst year with $425,956,270 of 
paid-for insurance on its books. 

This immense volume of insurance protection, all held by resi- 
dents of this counirv. is guaranteed bv a reserve, or re-insurance 
fund, of $78,717,822. 

The reser\e is calculated and maintained at a much higher 
standard than is required by law, and is the strongest guarantee 
possible of the fulfillnu-nt of every provision of the insurance 
contract. 

1 he Company is ])urely mutual ; it has no stockholders. Every 
policyholder is a member of the Company and shares with every 
other member in the prosperity of the institution. 

The affairs of the Company are controlled by a Board of 
Trustees, composed of twenty-seven members, who are elected by 
the policyholders voting in person. The charter under which the 
Company operates prohibits the use of proxies. This wise pro- 
vision prevents ilie accmiiulation of voting interest in the hands 
of any one person or group, and assures to the members control of 
the Company. 

The work of the Board is done largely through the instrumentality of committees, the members of which 
come into close contact with and acquire an intimate knowledge of the details of every department. 

I he assets of the Company are invested under the supervision of the Hoard of Trustees upon recom- 
mendations made by the Finance Committee, which meets weekly for the purpose of considering invest- 
ments. 

The high character of these investments is attested by the fact that on December .?i. 1907, there was 
""'y $352.50 of overdue interest on mortgage loans of $36,727,213, and not a single bond out of total holdings 
of $32,678,344 was in default. This statement is eloquent of wise selection and needs no further comment. 

The Trustees order frequent examinations and verifications by expert accountants. In the last three years 
the books have been audited five times by disinterested exiuniners: in 1905 by three Stale Insurance Depart- 
inents; in 1906 by the .\udit Company of New York; and in 1907 by Messrs.' Dickinson, Wilmot and Sterrett, 
of Philadelphia. The result of each inspection has shown that the officers of the Company have faithfully 
and capably performed their duties. 

In view of financial conditions during 1907. The Penn Mutual made a wonderful record, issuing $69,366,148 
of paid-for new business— a gain over 1906 of $2,143,586. During the first six months of 1908 the new busi- 
ness of the Company, notwiJistanding the general business depression throughout the country, made a gain 
over the same period in 1907 of $2,843,747. 

The policy contracts of The Penn Mutual conform to the most rigid requirements of every State in 
\yhich il does business. They are free from technicalities, contain every proper privilege, and provide the most 
liberal cash, loan and extension values. 

OFFICERS 

George K. Johnson, President 
Lincoln K. Passmore, Vice-President 
William II. Kingslev. Second Vice-President 
John llfMPHREVS, Secretary and Treasurer 
J. RfRNETT Guiii, .\ctuary 



Atwoou S.mith 
John II. \V.\tt 
Richard S. Brock 
Robert Ddrnan 
Noah A. Plv.miton 
Frank Markoe 

Jo.SEI'H BdSLER 

Benjamin Rowland 



TRUSTEES 

IIarkv Rogers 
Sa.mlel B. Stinson 
James Bi'tterwortii 
Charles I). Barney 
RoiiERT C. Drayton 
Edward T. Stoteshlrv 
.\rtiiir Brock 
Joi[\ B. Morgan 
J. .\i.mi;rt Caldwell 



Chas. S. W. Packard 
James F. Hole 
E. Eldridge Penncck 
J. F'dward Dirham 
Clement B. New hold 
Morris L. Clothier 
Rcii;ekt C. Liitincott 
John Bancroft 



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General Agent 
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The Employers' Indemnity Company 

of Philadelphia 

WEST END TRUST BUILDING 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

OFFICERS 

FRANK R. TOBEY, President ' 

TREVANION B. DALLAS, Vice-President and Secretary 

FERDINAND E. TRUDEL, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary 

PHILIP N. LEROY, Assistant Treasurer 

S. CHARLES BUNTING, JR., Superintendent of Agencies 

MEREDITH B. COLKET, Superintendent of Claim Dept. 

W. PARRISH PEARSALL, Superintendent Inspection Dept. 

DIRECTORS 

CHARLES W. ASBURY TREVANION B. DALLAS WALTER A. BAILEY 

FRANK R. TOBEY FRANKLIN M. HARRIS HENRY C. LOUGHLIN 

CHARLES S. WALTON J. W. CANNON THOS. J, JEFFRIES 

JAMES H. GAY ELLISON A. SMYTH G. GUNBY JORDAN 



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The only Company in United States confining its operations 
exclusively to Liability Underwriting 

FORMS OF POLICIES ISSUED 

Manufacturers Employers Teams 

Manufacturers Public Automobile 

Contractors Employers Property Damage 

Contractors Public Elevator 

General Owners 

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SAMUEL APPLETON, U. S. Manager, Boston, Mass. 



Cash Assets in the United States $4,316,002.79 

Surplus to Policy Holders in the United States $1,355,472.15 






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Bureau and Claim Department. This office is located at 311 Walnut Street ^ 

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Resident Manager | 

311 Walnut Street Philadelphia | 

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D. E. Stevens, President 
Henry C. Stewart, V-Pres. 
E. S. Cook . Secretary 
Milton Birch, Treasurer 

$100,000.00 

deposited with the Insurance 
Department of the State of 
Pennsylvania, for the protec- 
tion of policy holders. 

Ideal Policies 



BETTER THAN THE BEST 



COMMONWEALTH 
CASUALTY, COMPANY 




HOME OFFICE 

Real Estate Trust Building 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

COVERS ALL accidents! 
AND ALL DISEASES 

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PHILADEtPHIA 



To the extent of from $20 to $100 per 
month, whether caused by accident 
or disease— and also allow $500 if 
consumption develops to defray expenses 
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from $100 to $10, 000 for accidental deathi, 
or loss of any two limbs or both eyes at a 
smal cost of from $1 to $S a month'. These, 
are three features of special appeal to 
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* ^ j I "* rilUNG the ip.atiy I'tunsylvaiiia tinancial institutions 
r^L having their headquarters in Philadelphia, there is 
none perhaps that has had a more interesting history, 
that has had a more successlul career — measured by the 
usual standards of success — nor that enjoys a better reputa- 
tion for fair dealings with the public than 
does the American Assurance Company, 
which conducts an industrial health, acci- 
dent and life insurance business in its own 
home office building at Thirteentli ami 
Spring Garden Streets. 

This company has only recently rounded 
out its first ten years' existence, during 
which time it has established its business 
in about one-third of the populous States 
of the Union. During this period it has 
paid to its beneficiaries more than Five 
Hundred Thousand Dollars, and has at 
present a paid-up capital of $175,000.00, 
$1 10,000.00 of which is deposited with 
State insurance departments to guarantee 
its contracts. Its present assets aggregate 
nearly half a million dollars, with a sur- 
plus to policyholders of nearly one-quarter 
of a million dollars, and its policyholders 
number something over 30,000 professional 
and business men, artisans, mechanics, 
skilled and unskilled labor, which consti- 
tutes the bone and sinew of our country. 

As an evidence of the great confidence that is reposed in it 
by the public. It need only be cited that when this organiza- 
tion, in 1903, decided to remcorporate as a legal -reserve 
stock company, it placed upon the market $25,000.00 of capital 
stock of a par value of $10.00 per share, which was speedily 





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siih^cribed for at ."^u.so per share. When this capital was 
increased to $100,000.00, in 1904, shares of the par value of 
$10.00 were sold at $15.00 each. In 1906, $75,000.00 of 
additional stock was sold at $20.00 per share, par value- $10. 
The preat popularity of this company is due in large measure 
to the fact that its policy contracts appeal 
most strongly to the industrial classes, since 
they provide for a liberal weekly indem- 
nity to be paid in the event of sickness or 
accident, and an ample amount for funeral 
expenses in the event of the death of the 
insured — all this in one contract, the fixed 
premium for which is only $1 per month. 
Resides this, the company is engaged in the 
regular life insurance business, its straight 
life insurance policies being strictly mod- 
ern, and providing for the largest amount 
of indemnity that is consistent with the 
premiums established therefor. 

The founder of the American Assurance 
Company and its President since its 
organization is Mr. Reinhold R. Koch, a 
prominent citizen of Germantown, who has 
had an extensive schooling in the prac- 
tical insurance field. It is not too much 
to say that to his untiring energy, his 
determination and perseverance, and to his 
strict adherence to the principles of cor- 
rect conduct m his business relations 
with the public is to be credited the success of his organiza- 
tion, which has been iittle less than phenomenal. 

President Koch has, however, been fortunate in surrounding 
himself with an efficient corps, of officers and heads of depart- 
ments, as well as Deing supported by a conservative and well- 
balanced Board of Directors. 



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Charles Williams ^ Son 

PHILADELPHIA AGENTS 

Commercial Union Assurance Co. 

Limited of London 

416-420 "Walnut Street 



Our Mollo : 

* ' Uniformly Courteous Treatment and Prompt Payment 
of all Just Claims. " 

A review of the insurance interests of Phila- 
delphia will not 1)0 coni])]ete without reference- 
to the above firm, which, like Philadelphia 
itself, grew from small beginnings to one of the 
leading and most respected in its line of busi- 
ness. 

'i'his tirm was founded by Charles Wil- 
liams, in December, 1873, and his first place 
of business was a desk in the rear office of one 
of the Agency Life Insurance companies at 142 
South Fourth street. By his individual efforts 
he built up a sufficient clientele to warrant 
more commodious (piarters. and about the 
year 1876 he moved to an office in the rear of 
218 Walnut street. His business grew l)y 
close attention upon his ])art to its calls, and 
in the year 1888. in connection with his insur- 
ance brokerage, he took up the agency branch 
of the business, and accepted the appointment 
<if i'hiladelphia Rejjresentative of the Queen 
Insurance Company of Liverpool, continuing 
in that capacity until November of 1890, when 
he resigned to accept management of the Phila- 
delphia office of the Commercial L^nion Assur- 
ance Company <jf London, removing to that 
company's building at 416-420 Walnut street, 
where he has contained up to the present. 

Early in the year 1904 the firm name was 
changed to its present designation by the 
admission of his son. William iliddle Williams, 
who died on tlie eighth of j-ebruary, 1908. 

'riirougiinul the business career of this con- 
cern it has always sto(id fur fair and good prac- 
tices, believing in and practicing the well- 
known precepts of the Ciolden Rule by "Doing 
iinto others as it would have them do unto it. " 



Keystone 
Mutual Fire Insurance Company 

OK PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Net Surplus to Policy Holders December 31, 1907 

$1,605,438.22 

Present Rate of Dividend. 87% 

OFFICfcRS 
FREDERICK A. DOWNES. President and Treasurer 
JOHN T. BOTTOMLEV, First Vice President 
FRANK LEAKE, Second Vice President 
WILLIAM M. BURGESS, Secretary 



DIRECTORS 



John T. Bottomlcy 
Simon Miller 
F"rank Leake 
John R. Williams 
Henry F. Mitchell 
Stirling H. Thomas 



Frederick A. Downes 
Georuc P. Schober 
John C, Fetzer 
John C Lowry 
D M. Good 
Maurice H. Masland 



Manton 
Mutual Fire Insurance Company 

OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Net Surplus to Policy Holders December 31, 1907 

$1,360,868.12 

Present Rate of Dividend, 88% 

OFFICERS 
FREDERICK A. DOWNES, President and Treasurer 
GEORGE P SCHOBER Vice President 
WILLIAM M. BURGESS. Secretary 



DIRECTORS 



Simon Miller 
George P. Schober 
George H. McNeely 
William Henry 
J. Atwood White 
Addison Thompson 



Frank Leake 
Frederick A. Downes 
Sam L Hammer 
Frank B Birch 
Joseph Bancroft 
Edward M. Mundy 



National 
Mutual Assurance Company 

OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Net Surplus to Policy Holders December 31, 1907 

$438,633.38 

Present Rate of Dividend, 80'; 

OFFICERS 
FREDERICK A. DOWNES, President and Treasurer 
WILLIAM H. SHARP. Vice President 
WILLIAM M. BURGESS. Secretary 



DIRECTORS 



Frederick A. Downes 
Thomas S. Gay 
Ashley P. Hunter 
Joseph P Truitt, Jr. 
Thomas S. SafTurd 



William H. Sharp 
Simon Miller 
John T. Wolfendcn 
Frederick Fries 
William M. Burgess 



William D. Whitaker 

Main Offices 
921-923-925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 

The ahuvc Cniiip.mics insure only larR*.- MiUUiLtcliirinB and 
Wnichoiise I'ropcitics of Kood construction, approved occupancy, 
;tn<l properly protected with modern fire protective apparatus. 

Members of the Associated Factory Mutual 
Fire Insurance Companies 

K.vpeit inl'irmntiun and 3d\ici- supnliL-d gratuitously on all 
questions of Modern Lonstiuciiou Kirc I'roiciijnii. Klcctrical Equip- 
HK-nts. V.iliialions ami Policy Forfiis ^n applications. 



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PAPER AND PUBLISHING 



The manufacture and sale of paper and the 
publishing of newspapers and periodicals of every 
conceivable kind are among the most important of 
the city's industries, representing as they do a vast 
amount of invested capital, and giving employ- 
ment to thousands of people. 

Paper-making is one of the city's pioneer in- 
dustries, the first paper-mill built in America being 
erected on Wissahickon Creek in 1690. The pub- 
lishing business was launched twenty-nine years 
later when Andrew Bradford started the American 
Weekly Mercury, the first newspaper established 
in America outside of Boston. 

Ten years later Franklin started the Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette, and from that time various publica- 
tions entered the field, many of them limited to but 
short life, while others eked out a precarious exist- 
ence for a number of years. Some of the early 
publications wielded sufficient influence to succeed 
and were for years good paying and influential 
publications. The Packet, which by various 
changes of title became the present North Ameri- 
can, was first issued in 1771. 

The first English Bible printed in the United 
States was published in Philadelphia in 1782, and 
it is a matter of local honor that the house which 
issued the work is still in existence and is carried 
on by a direct descendant of the founder. 

It was not until 1784 that a daily paper made 
its appearance. This was the American Daily Ad- 
vertiser, afterwards the Aurora, and it acquired 
great influence in the stirring times following the 
Revolution. 

In 1821 the Saturday Ez'cning Post made its 
appearance, and from that period the various daily 
publications now in existence were published in the 
following order : Philadelphia Inquirer, first issued 
as the Pennsylvania Inquirer, 1829; Public Ledger, 
1836; Evening Bulletin, 1847; North American 
and United States Gazette consolidated and the 
Ei'cning Item established, 1847: The Press, 1857; 
Tltc Evenini^ Teles;raph, 1864 and The Record. 
1870, 

W'hile the daily press represents the largest 
proportion of invested capital in the publishing 
business, there are monthly and weekly publica- 



tions whose circulations run to enormous figures 
and which give employment to quite an army of 
men and women. It is safe to estimate that there 
are in the city at present upwards of four hundred 
publications, many of them having no apparent 
reason for existing ; yet they exist, and are prob- 
ably exerting some influence for good among their 
readers. 

The Bible publishing houses and the publish- 
ing of trade journals are also important features in 
the business — the former having an annual output 
of Bibles of every variety and in many languages 
and dialects which reach every part of the globe, 
and the combined circulation of the latter making 
an in^lustry that is to be figured on when wage 
lists and expenditures are considered. 

In addition to these Philadelphia has two 
agricultural papers which reach the farmers from 
Maine to Mexico, and possess great influence in 
the rural world. 

In the manufacture and sale of paper this city 
has another branch of trade that is of vast impor- 
tance. From the pioneer mill on Wissahickon 
Creek have grown some of the most complete plants 
known to the industry, principally located in Mana- 
yunk, and sending their product wherever paper of 
any description is used. 

Most of these manufacturers have selling offi- 
ces in the city, with branches in other cities, and in 
their warehouses, business offices and mills are 
among the largest employers of labor in the city. 
The jobbers, wholesale dealers and selling agents 
of outside manufacturers also contribute largely to 
the total of well-paid employees. Salesmen by 
hundreds visit territory to which Philadelphia is 
not easily accessible, reaching every point where 
the printing press is established. 

With the power for good of the daily news- 
papers : the spread of Christian knowledge by the 
Bible publishers ; the educating influences of trade 
and class journals ; the instruction and practical 
hints for farmers by the agricultural publications, 
and the widely scattered interests of the paper 
manufacturer and dealer, none can say that the 
paper and publishing trades are not two of the 
most important industries in the city, contributing 
to the enlightenment of the whole country. 



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'nri<; pai^kr vsi<;n i>c^ this sou^'EXIH w^^s rMAUi": hy 

DTI.T. & COLLINS CO. 

MAKERS OF 

HIGH GRADE PRINTI^^G PAPERS 

AVHOSE :\I1LLS ARE LOCATED I?f THE CITV ()!<' 

PHILADELPHIA 

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PLACES ALL PRINTERS ON" THE SA:ME RASIS AS RPXiARIJS 
THIS IMPORTANT ITEINI OF COST A>fl> I>JSC"RE:* THE 

BEST OBTAINABLE 

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EACH ORADE, AND FULL INFORIMATIOX FURNISHED ON 
RECEII'T OF REQUEST FRO^M RESPONSIKLE USP:RS 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



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A Unique Business and Its Development. 

The Dennison Manufacturing Company carries on a 
peculiar business — in facttliere is no other like it. 

Beginning in 1844 with the manufacture of fine papei 
boxes for jewelers (the first jewelers' boxes made in 
America) , it has gradually grown, recognizing need after 
need in life's busy round and aiming to supply it, until 
to-day the Dennison business card reads : 

" Tags, Tickets, Checks, Labels, Seals, Fine Paper 
Boxes, Jewelers' Cases, Sealing Wax, Glue, Paste 
and Mucilage, Passe-Partout Binding, Crepe 
Paper, Paper Napkins, Paper Decorations" 

and a much longer list of small things, all exceedingly 
useful and all made in the best manner possible and nearly 
all original with the Dennison Manufacturing Company. 

For instance, take the tag — one of the most common 
and indispensable conveniences of the day. It is hard 
to realize that until 1863, when Mr. Dennison invented 
a tag machine and patented the Dennison Patch Eyelet, 
all tags used in America were imported at high cost or 
crudely made by hand. 

To facilitate the handling of all this small merchandise, 
five "houses" and twenty offices with resident salesmen 
are maintained in the United States and Canada, together 
with a London agent for English and Continental trade. 

Of these "houses" the Philadelphia establishment is a 
good example, occupying 
an attractive store at 1007 / i.Ci 
Chestnut Street. 

The handsome salesroom 
and Art Department here 
have proved a revelation to 
Philadelphians and strang- 
ers alwaysfind it interesting. 
A cordial welcome is ex- 
tended to all to call during 
Founders' Week. 

'E'citiiiioii aMatmfacliniiij 

doiiKxiiiij 

The Tag 'Nakers 



1007 Chestnut St., Philaoa. 

NEW YORK 

ST. LOUIS 




BOSTON 
CHICAGO 



THK FII;.'!T 
DKNSISON KACTUKY 



Silver, Burdett & Company 

The book publishing business of Silver, Burdett 
& Company, with houses in Philadelphia, New 
York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, 
Dallas and London, England, was founded April 
21, 1885, by Edgar C). Silver, who for two years 
following his graduation from college had been 
with D. Appleton & Co. For a year Mr. Silver 
conducted the business alone and then associated 
with Elmer E. Silver, j\l. Thacher Rogers and 
Henry C. Deane, under the firm name of Silver, 
Rogers & Company. 

In 1888 Mr. Rogers was succeeded by Frank 
W. Burdett, and the firm became Silver, Burdett 
& Company, and was incorporated May 2, 1892, 
the present officers being Edgar O. Silver, presi- 
dent: Henry C. Deane, vice-president; Albert E. 
Carr, treasurer, and Frank W. Burdett, secretary. 
Mr. Silver, the founder of the business, has 
continued at its head since its establishment and has 
been the president and general manager of the 
Company since its incorporation. The other part- 
ners have also continued their active connection as 
officers and directors of the corporation. 

The line of business as originally started was 
the publishing of the Normal School Course, a 
series of text-books in vocal nuisic for school use. 
These were published and introduced with such suc- 
cess that they became the leading text-books of their 
kind in the public schools of the United States. Mr. 
Silver's plan from the outset was the conscientious 
production of school and college text-books, musical 
instruction books and standard literature of the 
highest possible excellence — in line with the best 
trend of educational thought and practice and in 
harmony with the methods and requirements of 
progressive educators. 

From the beginning this purpose has been kept 
steadily in view. In consequence the growth of the 
business has been steady and constant, showing that 
these is ample place and opportunity for a business 
planned and conducted along the lines laid down by 
the founder, embodying as they do the best elTorts 
of author and publisher to interpret the real educa- 
tional needs of both pupil and teacher. 



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OFKICIAL HISTOKU'AL SOU\"I-:XIU 



BALSAM SANITISSUE 



TOILET 



PAPER 



The great popular specialt\- of the \ear for families 
and fine trade, is made from an extra line quality 
of tissue, treated to a bath of pure and softenin.ii 
ingredients and put up in popular shape — 3 rolls 
or 3 packages for 25 cents. Made onl\- by 

SCOTT PAPER COMPANY 

Seventh St. and Glenwood Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Makers also of the well-known S. P. Co. Cabinets and Toilet Paper. Ex- 
tensively used in public places and known as the great economizer of 
waste. Makers also of all the u.sual kinds of Toilet Paper. 



K. H. MORRIS 
Prtrsidcnt 



FREDERICK GEIGER 

Secreiary 



Established I8r3 



John Lang Paper Co. 

liicorpiTuted under the Laws of Pennsylvania 

Manutacturers of 

Roofing and Deadening Felt 
and Carpet Lining 



N. W. Cor. 24th and Vine Streets 
PHILADELPHIA 

Both Phones 



RAW HIDE 

WATER PROO 

PAPER 




7^ 



Briefly- 



Everything; in 

PAPER 



C. S. GARRETT & SON CO. 

20 and 22 South MarshaU Street 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



286 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



The House That Mann Built 




WILLIAM MANN 

Born 1814 Died 1881 

Founder of William Mann Company 

Sixty years ago, in 1848, William Mann began 
the foundation of what has become the largest sta- 
tionery, blank book, printing and lithographing es- 
tablishment in the country. 

His first wareroom was at 74 North Fourth 
Street, where half was used as a dwelling and half 
for stock and manufacturing purposes. 

This place was outgrown in a few years, and 
he rented the second floor at 25 South Sixth Street, 
in the meantime having increased his facilities by 
the addition of a horse and wagon. While in this 
building he invented what is known the world over 
as "Mann's Parchment Copying Paper." 

The Sixth Street store soon becoming too 
small, the business was removed to the northeast 
corner of Third and Chestnut Streets, only to be 
followed a short time after by the rental of Drex- 
el's old banking building at 48 South Third Street. 

A completely stocked stationery and blank 
book store was established there. 

These quarters were soon inadequate, and in 
1873 the five-story building at 529 Alarket Street, 
with 24 feet frontage and over 200 feet deep, was 
purchased; the basement, first and second floors 
being used for stationery supplies and stock, the 
remaining upper floors containing the factory. 

In 1893. the manufacturing end of the business 
reached such a magnitude that property on the 
northeast corner of Fifth and Commerce Streets 
was bought, and work begun on an eight-story 
building, each floor having an area of 6000 square 
feet. This was occupied in the fall of 1894. 

In 1881 the company built its own mill at 
Lambertville. N. J., for the manufacture of copying 
papers. 

The staid, broad, conservative principles which 
the founder incorporated into the conception of the 
business has been lived up to and carried out every 
year since, until to-day it is looked upon as the 
leader in its class. iMr. Mann early realized that a 
sale, to be perfect, must be mutually profitable to 
both buyer and seller: and this policy has been the 
backbone of the organization. 

OFFICERS: 
CHAS. H. MANN JNO. B. BUZBY H. A. DAVIS 

PRESIDENT TREASURER SECRETARY 

H. A. PRIZER C. H. PRICKITT JOS. S. WILDS 

VICE PRESIDENT ASST. TREASURER ASST. SECRETARY 

WILLIAM MANN COMPANY 

Blank Books. Filing and Card 
Index Cabinets ani Supplies 

STATIONERY 

Loose Leaf Dc^vices, Print- 
ing and Lithographing 

529 MoLrket St.. Phila.delphiaL 

105 Chambers Street. New York 





Stephen Greene Company 




Stephen Greene, fotmder of the Stephen Greene 
Company, was born in Herkimer County, New 
York, September 25, 183 1. In his childhood the 
family moved to Columbia, Pennsylvania. At fif- 
teen he was teaching a District School, but he had 
become an ardent admirer of the early career of 
Benjamin Franklin, and at sixteen entered as an 
apprentice the office of The Pennsylvania Intelli- 
i^enccr at Harrisburg. From 1853 until 1857 ^""^ 
was editor and part owner of The Columbia Spy, 
and in 1858 came to Philadelphia as partner in the 
firm of Ringwalt & Brown. In 1861 he took charge 
of the printing house of H. G. Leisenring, and in 
1871 entered the firm of Helfenstein & Lewis, the 
name being changed to Helfenstein, Lewis & 
Greene. In 1876 the firm became Lewis & Greene, 
and in 1881 Mr. Greene became the sole owner. He 
conducted the business in his own name until Jan- 
uary, 1900, when it was incorporated as the Step- 
hen Greene Company. 

After a brief illness he died May 21, 1908. 

Mr. Greene was intensely interested in the de- 
velopment of the printing art, and in the course of 
an address on the subject to some close friends in 
1 901 said, "To have had any part in bringing about 
this high excellence is indeed an honor, and I deem 
it an even higher honor to have mingled for so 
many )ears with the busy workers, and to have 
gained and still retain tlicir friendship and love." 

\\'hile very successful in business, Mr. Greene 
had no aspiration for the accumulation of great 
wealth, and gave a large proportion of his means 
to widely distributed charities : it was hard for 
him to resist an appeal unless convinced that the 
object w-as of doubtful merit. He is missed the 
more bv reason of his continuous acti\'ity until a 
verv short lime before his death. 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Founded A. D. 1J28 by Benjamin Franklin 




THE FIRST HOME OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, IN CHRIST CHURCH YARD 
NEAR SECOND AND MARKET STREETS 



Under title of "Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences and Pennsylvania 
Gazette," there began, in Christmas week, 1728, the publication of what is now THE SAT- 
URDAY EVENING POST. 

With Benjamin Franklin's shrewd management the name was cut down to "Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette" on October 2, 1729, and the magazine became a power in the colonies. 

Franklin sold his share in the magazine to David Hall, his partner, in 1765. 

In 1805, the grandson of David Hall became publisher. 

Upon the death of David Hall, in 1821, his partner, Samuel C. Atkinson, formed an 
alliance with Charles Alexander, and, in the summer of that year, they adopted the title of 
"THE SATURDAY EVENING POST." 

THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, in 1897, absorbed THE SATURDAY 
EVENING POST, which at that time had a circulation of 3500. Now the Post circulates 
more than 900,000 copies per week. 

THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL was established in 1883 by Cyrus H. K. Curtis. 
The first year the subscription list amounted to 25,000. 

In 1884, the circulation reached 100,000. 

In 1888, the 400,000 mark had been passed. 

The present circulation of THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL is 1,200,000 copies per 
month. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Concrete Details of The Curtis Publications 

The still increasing size of THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY'S business 
now necessitates the facilities furnished by the new building shown at the bottom of this 
page. 

More than a Million Dollars' worth of white paper is used in a year. 

If all the copies of a single month's issue of THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL 
were piled flat one on another, the pile would be about four miles high; that is, forty times 
as high as the Washington Monument. 

More than a million and one-half letters are received during a year. 

On one day, 44,750 subscriptions were received. 

Between 20,000 and 30,000 manuscripts a year are read. 

Including both publications, the monthly output is over 2200 million printed pages 
each month. 

A single edition of THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL contains as many copies as 
there are words in the entire Bible, and 500,000 copies to spare. 

More than 10,000,000 postage stamps are used in a year, not including the $180,000 
we pay the Government for carrying our magazines as second-class mail. 

Fifty railroad cars are required to move and distribute a single edition of THE 
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. 

More than 200,000 pounds of ink are used in a year. 

More than 50 printing presses are required in the service of both magazines. 

The number of persons employed at the Home Offices and Manufacturing Plant 
ranges between 1000 and 1200. 






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TH= NEW BUILDING OF THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INDEPENDENCE AND WASHINGTON SQUARES, PHILADELPHIA 
TO BE OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL AND THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 



289 



OFFICIAL lIISrOKICAL SOINKXIK 

Philadelphia Enterprise 

Not One Philadelphian in Fifty Knows About 

THE FARM JOURNAL 



IT 



We will send THE FARM JOURNAL lo any good I'liiladeliiliian possessing a 
wholesome pride in our great city. h\e years, postage paid, for $1.50. 

Take the FARM JOURNAL and get a hreath ni fresh country air. 

^ , , , WILMER ATKINSON CO. 

Wilmer Atkinson 

Charles F. Jenkins 1024 RACE STREET 

September, 1908. 



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THE FARM JOURNAL, a purely I 'hilaclcii>hia prnduct, has by far the largest cir- 
culation of any farm ]iapcr in the Unitetl States. 

THE FARM JOURNAL has by far the largest circulation of any farm paper in 
the world. 

(In each foreign country there is a single farm paper whose circulation exceeds any 
other in that country as THE FARM JOURNAL in the I'nited States,) 

THE FARM JOURNAL lias a larger circulation than the combined circulations of 
all the nineteen papers of largest circulatioti in the following countries: Austria, Australia. 
Relgium, Denmark, England, France, Holland, Hungary, Italy, japan, Norway, Sweden, 
Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Peru, Brazil and Mexico, 

In fact, THE FARM JOURNAL has a circulation three times the combined circu- 
lations of all the nineteen leading papers in all of the countries named above. ^ 

THE FARM JOURNAL is read from Alaska to Florida, from Xcwfoundland to | 
Southern California, from Hudson's Bay to the Gulf of Z\Iexico ; it blankets the American 
Continent and circulates freely in the islands of the seas — Samoa, Hawaii, Porto Rico. 
Cuba and the Philippines. 

THE FARM JOURNAL is the only paper in the world whose patrons subscrilje 
five years or more in ail\ ance for it — no one year subscriptions taken. 

THE FARM JOURNAL has never inserted a quack medical advertisement. 

THE FARM JOURNAL began a quarter of a century ago to guarantee the good 
faith and honesty of its advertisers, and has paid out thousands of dollars to make the 
guarantee good. 

THE FARM JOURNAL is read exclusively by "( )ur Folks." and there are nearly 
three millions of them. 

(The term "circulation," as above used, ajjplies only to subscri])tions for which cash 
has been paid in advance, mostly for five years, many for ten years, with all sample and 
unsold copies and exchanges eliminated from the count.) 

The American Farmer is King Bee, producing sex'cn billion dollars of jiroducts 
annually. 

In the heart of the .American Farmer THE FARM JOURNAL is 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



American Book Co. 



PUBLISHERS 



of the 



Leading Text - Books 



for 



Schools and Colleges 

New York Cincinnati Chicago 

Philadelphia Office: 1326 Arch Street 



291 



OKFUlAl, 1! ISTOKRAl. SOrVKXIR 







GINN £? COMPANY 

PUBLISHERS OF SCHOOL AND 
COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS 

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO LONDON 



1901 

Gion & Company's Boscon Of&ce. 
situated two door« west of the State 
House on the site of the old John 
Hancock House. 



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1 1{ furty years that have passed since Edwin Ginn founded 
the house of Ginn & Compan\-, in 1867, have constituted 
a period of unprecedented development along educational 
lines in which the firm has played no inconsiderable part. 
The first publication undertaken by Mr. Ginn was Craik's English of Shakespeare. This was 
followed by the famous School Shakespeare and the Harvard Shakespeare by Dr. Henry N. 
Hudson, which, together with Allen and Grcenough's Latin Grammar, Goodwin's Greek 
Grammar, and, still later, Wentworth's Alathcmatical Series and the College Series of Greek 
and Latin Authors, established a standard which has yet to be surpassed. In the field of 
common school books Stickney's Readers and the 
well-know'n Classics for Children Series intro- 
duced the idea of supplementary reading. 

Then followed a long list of successful text- 
books, among which JNIontgomery's Histories, 
Frye's Geographies, the Cyr and the Jones 
Readers, Smith's .\rithmetics and Myers's His- 
t(jries hold an Imnurahle jjlace. 

During this period the business naturally 
outgrew its original iiome at 13 Tremont Place 
and was removed to more spacious quarters at 
29 Beacon street. New offices were established 
in New '\^ork in 1871, in Chicago in 1880, in 
Columbus in 1891, in Dallas in 1891, in Atlanta 

in 1894, and in London (England) in igoi. Li ailditiun, depi)sitories were started in San 
Francisco, New ( Jrleans, and l^ortland (Oregon), and agencies were opened in nearly 
every large city in the country. 

.At the same time .Mr. (linn greatly widened 
his field of activities by gathering around him 
a number of able men, most of whom are still 
actively associated with the firm. .Mr. George A. 
Plimpton, of the New York office, was the first to 
become associated with .Mr. Ginn in .\pril, 1881. The 
membership of the firm lias been further increased by 
the admission of .Mr. Lewis Parkhurst, 1890; Mr. 
O. 1^. Conant, 1891 : .Mr. T. W. Gilson, 1891 ; 
Mr. F. .M. .\mbrose, 1S91 ; .Mr. 11. II. Hilton, 
G.nn w Company-^ N^w ch,«eo Office 119081. ' ^^94 : Mr. Ricliard S. Thomas, 1898; .Mr. Charles 

Tni. bu.ia.na ,. acvorcd cm.rcly ,0 Che .,or.8c and || -J'], i,rl ,^,,., ,,,,■,, .,,^1 _M ,. ThomaS 11. Lawlcr, 

sale of (jinn bf Company s publicatiunit. U contains a '^ 

restaurant and a comfortably furnished rest room for I QOC. 

the women employees. 



THE ATHENi^UM PRESS 

A buildtn^f with a frontage of 200 feet and a depth 
of 400 feet, devoted entirely to printing, binding and 
shipping Ginn & Company's publications. The Press 
has a capacity of a daily output of 25.000 bound books. 




292 



22^TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



BRIDESBURG PAPER MILLS 



FOUNDED 1878 
BRIDESBURG, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Operating three Paper Machines adapted to manufacture of 

LIGHT WEIGHT AND SPECIAL PAPERS 

A LARGE ASSORTMENT of regular sizes and weights in both sheets and rolls carried 

IN STOCK at the mill in 

White and colored book and envelope papers 

Colored cover and poster papers 

White and colored lining papers 

Colored wrapping papers 

Hard sized papers for Box Makers' use 

High grade Cheviot papers in antique and super finishes 

We are always ready to submit samples Special Sizes, weights and shades 

and make quick shipments made to order 

R. T. MOORHOUSE; Paper Maker 



DIRECTORS 8 

C H. AMES, Boston W. E. PULSIFER, Ne-a> York W. H. IVES, Chicago H. C. FOSS, Boston § 

D. C. Heath & Co. 

( Incorporated) Q 

Publishers of Text Books for Schools I 

and Colleges \ 

60 J Stephen Girard "Budding I 

Philadelphia | 

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO LONDON g 

Represented by FRED GO WING | 

O 

293 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVEXIR 

William H. Keyser 



BOOKS BOUGHT 

and 

BOOKS SOLD 



at 



1229 Arch Street 
Philadelphia. Pa. 



We purchase Large Libraries or 
Small Parcels of Books for Cash. 
Send or call. 

Any Book Furnished 



If you are interested in 
History 

you will want to see Dr. 
Thorpes' book — written 
by a Philadelphian, from a 
Philadelphia view-point — 
for Philadelphia schools. 

School Text-books, on all 
Subjects ; Translations, and 
Teachers' Helps. 

"How to pass a Civil 
Service Examination" 

is particularly valuable. 
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE 

1412 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa. 




William H. Kcyscr commenced his business career 
at the age of fificcn years, as an employee of Leary's 
Old Book Store, where he was a fellow-clerk of Gov- 
ernor Edwin S. Stuart, afterwards establishing the 
firm of William H. Keyser & Co., wholesale dealers 
in school books. 

The business grew rapidly and the firm finally 
erected a commodious building at No. 1017 Arch 
Street, especially adapted to their business. Mr. Key- 
ser always took an active interest in politics, and for 
nine terms served his district as a representative at 
Harrisburg, and finally resigned to become State Sena- 
tor. Mr. Keyser became a member of the -State Com- 
mittee in 1S88 and has since continued in the position. 
He has attended many State conventions as a delegate, 
and as a representative was on many important com- 
mittees. He is a recognized leader in Twentieth Ward 
politics and resides at No. 1715 North Eleventh 
Street. 



Milton Bradley Co. 

Manufacturers of 

Kindergarten and School Supplies, 
Drawing Material and School Water 
Colors, Card Cotters, Photo Supplies 
and Games. 

Publishers 

Of School Books on Kindergarten. 
Primary, Drawing and ManualTraining 
Work and 

Dealers in 

School Supplies of all kinds, Material 
for the Arts and Crafts, etc., etc. 

ft^ (^ j^ 

Milton Bradley Co, 

1209 Arch Street Philadelphia 



294 



2_'5TH AXNI\-ERSARV FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

§ THE BEST 



ESTERBROOK 




STEEL PENS 



26 John street, New York. Works: Camden, N. J. 250 VARIETIES TO SUIT ALL WRITERS 

Founders of Pen Making in America I 



i 



American ) ]* 
Graphite 



Take that pencil out of your pocket ! Look at it ! 
Is it of good quality? Nowadays a lead pencil is indispens- 
able, but many people give no attention to the pencil they are 
using. The lead may crumble, break or be full of grit. It 
is annoying to cut thru cross-grained cedar, and to be obliged 
to wet the lead 

Those, however, who profit by past experience, are as 
careful in selecting a pencil as they are in fitting themselves 
with a hat or pair of shoes. 

We are advocates of good lead pencils, and we believe it 
is conceded by all, that in the long run the best is the cheapest 

DIXON'S "AMERICAN GRAPHITE" PENCILS 
are the product of most advanced ideas and choicest materials. 
Much care, thought ,nnd study have made the leads in Dixon's 
"AMERICAN GRAPHITE" pencils smooth, tough and 
durable. They are carefully and accurately graded to suit all 
requirements. The wood casing is the softest and straightest 
grained cedar, which renders sharpening easy, and affords 
absolute protection to the leads. Always ask for the pencil 
having the mark of sterling quality " AMERICAN 
GRAPHITE." This mark represents the highest art in 
pencil making. 

For sale by all Stationers. 
JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE COMPANY 

PHILADELPHIA BRANCH 1020 ARCH STREET 

Main officts and factory, Jersey City. N. J. 



Fell Brothers 
LABEL CUTTERS 

34 NORTH FIFTH STREET 

Entrance 504 Cuthbcrt Street 




Paper, Card, Cloth, etc., cut various shapes 
Punching: ior Loose Leaf Systems 

Founded March 12, 1887 



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OFFICIAL mSTOKICAI. SDl'VI'.X I K 



The 'William Marley Company 

An industry in wliidi this city should take 
pride is that of Ixiokliindinij, for the work turned 
out here has a national reputation, and the work- 
men who graduate from Philadelpiiia's shops are 
eagerly sought after hy binderies in other parts of 
the country. 

Prominent among the firms who have helped 
make and sustain this name is the William Marley 
Company, 712 Cherry Street. The firm of William 
Marlev & Co. was formed in June, 1869, when 
William Marley and Aamn X'anGilder bought the 
bindery of Charles 11. .Murot, then located on the 
fifth floor of 605 Arch Street. 

Two years later the business had expanded and 
it was found necessary to secure larger quarters. 
A portion of the Hastings Building, 127 North 
Seventh Street, was leased. In 1873 more room 
was needed for the constantly increasing business 
and the firm secured the entire second and third 
floors of the new annex of the Sherman P>nilding. 
712 Cherry Street. 

In 1892 William Marley, one of the founders 
of the firm, died, and a stock company was formed 
undiT the name of The William Marley Company. 
Modern machinery for binding edition work and 
all kinds of jobbing in ])rint work was added to the 
])lant. 

With this increase in e(iuii)ment the company 
has been alile to keep up with the work and is in a 
position to handle anything in their line with dis- 
patch. 

The officers of the company are Riciiard \"an 
Gilder, President ; William Wagner, \'ice-President, 

and Charles Wagner, Secrctar\- and Treasurer. 



GANS BROTHERS 

Manufacturing 
Stationers 

PHILADELPHIA 



HENRY PARKER 

Presiden: 



EDGAR A. MURPHY 

Scc'y-Treas. 



MURPHY^PARKER CO. 



Edition 

Book 

Binders 



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N. W. Cor. Seventh and Arch Streets 



PHILADELPHIA 



J. W. Clark's Sons 




The late J. W. Clatk. son of the founder of the business 



This firm, tin- Dl.lcst in ils liiu-. w.ns established liy Ihomas 
Clark, gr.iiulfalhir ..( the present proprietors, ninety-eight years 
ago. In 1856 the lirm became Thomas Clark vS: Son, and when 
the founder died tlie following year, J. W. Clark succeeded. 
The latter died in 1878, and the business was continued bv his 
sons, lames Harrison Clark and .1. Walker Clark, under the 
present name. The offices and nkint, located at the northeast 
corner of .Seventh ami Commerce streets, is e.iuipped with the 
•.ttest presses, and cutting m:..hincs, operated by steam power, 
liookhinding in every style is artistically and caref.illy executed. 
The I'resbyterian i,oard of Publication, during its entire career, 
has been a patron of the house. The brothers are widely known 
in business circles and arc prominent Free Masons. James Haf- 
rison Clark was in active service during the Civil War and is 
Past Commander of Post No. 77. O. .\. K. 



296 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

Arno Leonhardt 



Oxford Bindery 

T n e R P R JI C € D 

The Oxford Bindery, Incorporated, situated 
at 529-31 Arch Street, and 524-26-28 Cherry 
Street, Philadelphia, was established in 1876 at 
15 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia, and in 1885 was 
moved to present location, where with increased floor 
space and up-to-date machinery is now one of the 
best-equipped plants in the City of Philadelphia. Its 
present officers : 

MR. ARTHUR H. BLACKBURN 

Presidenc and Manager 

MR. ALEXANDER RICKERTS 

Vice-President 

MR. CHARLES FOERSTER 

Secretary 

are men who have grown up with the business from 
boyhood, and each in his respective position is 
capable of looking after the wants of the trade. 




Arno Leonhardt is the sole proprietor ol the firm 
of 'I'heo. Leonhardt & -Son, Philadelphia, which was 
founded in 185 i by the senior member. 

This firm makes a specialty of Commercial work, 
and the superiority of their Bond work is recognized 
by the largest Banking Institutions. They create 
designs in Letterheads to please the most fastidious 
customer, and the execution so thoroughly resembles 
steel-plate the difference is rarely detected. 



Old and New 
Jobbing of Every Description 

JAMES ARNOLD 



BOOK s. 
BINDING 

BLANK BOOKS 

No. 518 Ludlow Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



Special Low Prices lor Binding CurrenI 
Monthly Magazines 



Established 1874 



Hofstetter Bros. 

Lithographers 
Blank Book Makers 



Fine Color and Commercial Work 

ol Every Description 
Dry Goods Bands, Labels, elc. 
Office and Bank Stationery 
Flat Opening Blank Books 
Loose Leal Ledgers. Binders 
Sheets " 



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Let us Estimate on Your Next Order 

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Philadelphia 



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American Bank Note Company 

Its plant at 410 Sansom Street a model of its kind 

A Philadelphia Concern which has grown to world-wide prominence 



IN 1795, when Robert Scott founded the 
American Bank Note Company at 
Philadelphia, it was then about one 
hundred years since the first hand written 
bills of credit or paper money had appeared 
in this country. Very little progress had 
been made in their manufacture. Following 
the Revolutionary War, however, actual 
trading in government bonds, in bank stocks, 
in insurance shares and in foreign bills of 
exchange became so active as to develop a 
very considerable demand for securities 
whichweresuitablyengraved towithstandthe 
efforts of counterfeiters. 
It was here that Scott saw 
his opportunity. His start 
was unpretentious. But 
upon thefoundation which 
he laid has been built up 
the foremost engraving 
house in the world. 

After a period of suc- 
cessful activity in Phila- 
delphia the main office of 
the company followed the 
nation's financial head- 
quarters to New York. 
Its Philadelphia offices 
and works have been re- 
tained, however, and their 
development has been 
hand in hand with that of 
Philadelphia financial in- 
stitutions. In fact the 
company has come to be 
regarded as a sort of 
supply house for Phila- 
delphia's prominent banks and bankers. In 
its beautiful new building recently erected in 
the centre of the city's financial district, the 
banker arranges for the actual physical pro- 
duction of the securities demanded by his 
plan of financing some corporation. Here 
takes place the transition from the prepara- 
tory period to that of real execution in the 
flotation of a bond issue. 




Administrative and Tixcciitive Offices 
Broad and Bcavcr Sts., New York 



The American Bank Note Company has 
earned its pre-eminence through the appli- 
cation of certain fixed principles. It has 
insisted on constant progress in the engrav- 
ing art; and it has insisted on the most 
conscientious integrity in its dealings with 
its clients. The former policy has given it 
the exclusive use of invaluable processes 
and machinery; the latter has given it a 
priceless possession in the complete con- 
fidence of the governments and corporations 
whose patronage it enjoys. Together they 
have placed the company in a position to 
conduct sales and manu- 
facturing departments of 
particular efficiency. 

As a natural adjunct 
to the organization there 
has been added a typo- 
graphical department for 
the production of all 
forms of printed matter. 
In this department is pub- 
lished the monthly maga- 
zine, The Imprint, which 
the company sends out, 
upon request, to users of 
engraving and printing 
by way of keeping them 
in touch with present-day 
progress in commercial 
art and security work. 
The magazine has proved 
of great service to users 
of advertising literature 
in that it features each 
month specimens of the 
printing which the company is producing 
for its various clients. 

The Philadelphia plant is in charge of the 
Resident Manager, Marshall H. Runk, and 
is splendidly equipped. The local house is 
of special convenience to the financiers of 
the city as they thereby receive the benefit 
of dealing directly with a permanent repre- 
sentative of the company. 



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John Simmons'' Sons 




The late John Sinunons, founder of the house 

Since the establishment of the first paper mill in 
Germanlown the manufacture and sale of that com- 
modity and of paper stock has been one of the thriving 
industries that have made Philadelphia noted through- 
out the country. 

Among the houses that have gained a sterling repu- 
tation in that line is that of John Simmons' Sons, 
who have large warehouses at Nos. 28 and 30 South 
Marsliall Street. 

The house was established by John Simmons, who 
in the early eighties was a prominent figure in business 
affairs and who was also at that time a member of 
City Council, and is now conducted by his sons, Wil- 
liam L. and Thomas F. Simmons. The firm handles 
everything in the paper and paper stock line, including 
printing and wrapping papers and bookbinders' boards. 

The sons have maintained the high reputation en- 
joyed by their father- 



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46 North Second Street, Philadelphia 
WHOLESALE 

Paper and Stationery 
Millinery Bags and Boxes 
Oyster and Ice Cream Boxes 




Eaton Crane 

6 Pike Co. 

Papeleries 

Tablets 

Typewriter 
Paper 



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MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



FOURTH AND ARCH STREETS 
PHILADELPHIA 






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THE MONOTYPE 



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5-point to 35-point 

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Plain or Intricate 
All Sizes 5-point to 14-point 
Any Measure up to 60 Picas 




"The Versatile Machine 
that Keeps Itself Busy" 

Lanston Monotype Machine Co. 

Office and Factory: 

1231 Callowbill Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 






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The Philadelphia Printing Ink Works 

The Product of a House that is Familiar Everywhere 



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started january ;-|804 and the growth and 
enurcehents during a century of existence 




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Throughout the length and breacllli of the hind, wherever printing inks are used, the firm name 
"Charles Eneu Johnson & Company" is recognized as a sufficient guarantee that the goods bearing 
it are as good as money can buy. Their big factory at Tenth and Lombard Streets has become the 
parent house of a great system stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Its principal branch offi- 
ces and warehouses are at New York. Cleveland, Chicago. St. Louis, and at San Francisco, with minor 
branches at Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans and other cities. 

In addition to the printing ink factory proper occupying almost a city block at Tenth and Lom- 
bard Streets, large varnish and dry color plants with the most modern equipment are in operation, 
enabling the company to make all its products directly and more economically from the raw materials. 

Everything in the line of printing or lithographic ink is made by the firm, all of an equal stand- 
ard of excellence. 

The house is the oldest in the country engaged in this line. It was established in this city in 
1804, and incorporated in 1883. rapidly increasing in size and importance. During the century of its 
existence it has contributed largely to the wonderful advance (almost revolutionary) in the printing 
business along mechanical, technical and artistic lines, and this has called for the highest skill in 
compounding the inks for the various uses to which they are put. 

Starting at a time when only the first principles of the printing art. as it exists to-day. were 
known, each movenunt has been carefully followed up. Skilled workmen, practical chemists and 
the most improved appliances have served etjually to make their products unexcelled. 

Historically it is worthy of mention that four generations of the Johnson family have impressed 
their mark on the growth, expansion and policies of the company. Beginning with Charles John- 
son, of Philadelphia, who on January 7, 1804, laid the foundations of the business at Tenth and Lom- 
bard Streets, there followed successively Chas. Johnson. Jr., who died at a ripe old age and then 
Chas. Eneu Johnson, who remained at the head of the company as its president until his death in 
1897. Three surviving sons, now in the prime of life, trained to their profession, and a corps of asso- 
ciate oflicials complete the present organization and direct its aflfairs. 



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225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 




Under the Hat of Penn 



The good ship Welcome that brought William 
Penn to his city and province two hundred 
and twenty-five years ago, brought likewise 
the first printing press to reach this country, 
although three other of its colonies had been 
settled more than fifty years before. 

With this early recognition of the value of 
the printed page, it is only natural that there 
should follow in the same community the first 
paper mill, the first type-foundry and the first 
advertising agency in America. Nor should 
it, either, be thought strange that right here, 
under the hat of Penn, in this old Quaker 
town — the staunchest city in America, there 
should be found to-da}- the largest advertising 
business in the world, conducted by Phila- 
delphia people on the Philadelphia idea — 
Keeping Everlastingly at it Brings Success. 

In order to be successful 
it always has been and 
always will be necessary ^.^^ Sv.lv 
for a business man to 
tell others what he 
has or what he is 
doing. Whatever the 
method employed, such 
telling is advertising. It 
may be a conversation, a 
letter, a show window, a sign, 








a poster, a catalogue, a circular or a sample ; 
but, verih-, where many people of unknown 
address are to be given a business announce- 
ment the best way of all is to tell them in the 
wa>- the)- get their other information, or news 
— in the way yon are now getting this — by 
means of the printed page. 

The firm of N. W. Ayer & Son was organ- 
ized in April 1869 — 39 years ago — by two 
men who then invested two hundred and fifty 
dollars. To-day they have two hundred and fifty 
trained helpers. In ten years they were doing the 
largest business in their line. This position has 
been maintained by them ever since. There is 
but one explanation for this and that is — they 
have made it pay business men to advertise. 
No order too small, none too large for Ayer 
iS: Son. Our business is com- 
posed of many littles and 
many littles that have 
grown big. We give 
counsel, furnish plans, 
select the mediums, 
purchase space, pre- 
p a r e advertisements, 
register the service given 
and care for all the other 
details of Newspaper, Maga- 
zine and Outdoor Advertising. 



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Carver Steel Die 
Stamping Presses 

Made in Four Sizes 



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C /?. Carver Company 

N. E. Cor. Fifteenth and Leiiigh Ave. 
Philadelpliia 



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Wrapper, four sizes. Gluer, two sizes. Corner 
Cutter. Slenciller. Lacer. Shoulder Box Gluer. 
Shoulder Box Presser. Extension Bottom Gauge. 
Thumb Hole Cutter. 

1 he S. & S. Machines are indispensable to the manulaclurer 
who desires to obtain the best quahly at the lowest cost. 

Stokes & Smith Company 

1011 Diamond Street Philadelphia 



PHILADELPHIA 
NEW YORK 
BALTIMORE 



PITTSBURGH 
ST. LOUIS 



CHICAGO 

SAN FRANCISCO 

SEATTLE 



Jilanufacturing Companp 

PAPER SPECIALTIES 
Tags, Tickets, Labels 

MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY 

ALLEGHENY AVENUE & 23RD STREET 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



LEATHER, BOOTS, SHOES, Etc. 



The great industry that has to do with the 
tannage of leather and the manufacture of shoes 
has always been an important one to Philadel- 
phia. With the first settlers, including as they 
did men of all trades and crafts, were tanners and 
shoemakers, and among the earliest manufac- 
tured products of the young city were tanned 
leathers and most of the shoes worn b}* its in- 
habitants. 

From these small beginnings the growth has 
l)een steady and constant, and while there has 
been nothing phenomenal in it, yet those who are 
identified with either branch of this industry have 
the best reasons for pride in the progress that has 
been made since the first primitive efforts of the 
early settlers. In leather and in shoes Philadel- 
phia stands for the highest quality. It is quality 
more than quantity that has always been the 
aim of Philadelphia manufacturers, and while the 
bulk of the total leather output and of the shoes 
manufactured in the city and distributed from it 
aggregates many millions each year, yet it is in 
the quality of this output rather than mere quan- 
tity tliat Philadelphia ranks unquestionablv first. 

As a manufacturing centre of chrome-tanned 
glazed kid this city is undoubtedly the leader in 
all ways. Goat skins collected from all parts of 
the earth find buyers among the many morocco 
manufacturing establishments here, and the out- 
put of finished stock is greater than that of any 
other city. Not alone in the home market but in 
every foreign shoe centre do these manufacturers 
find profitable customers. 

Closely connected with this division of the 
tanning industry is the manufacture of chrome- 
tanned patent leathers, for which goat and colt 
skins are most largely used ; and this latter prod- 
uct is also an important factor in Philadelphia's 
leather industry. The advances made in produc- 
ing a "patent" colt or "patent" kid stock that is 
durable and brilliant in finish or uniform in qual- 



ity are nowhere more marked than in those estab- 
lishments devoted to this product in Philadelphia. 

Se\'eral firms are interested in the production 
of sole and belting leathers, and some of the high- 
est grades of these leathers are the product of 
Philadelphia manufacturers whose customers are 
to be found all over the country. 

To a man with the knowledge of the shoe 
business the mere term, "Philadelphia-made 
footwear," at once conveys the idea of high qual- 
ity, discriminating style and expert designing; 
and this reputation for quality extends to every 
point from coast to coast where shoes are sold. 
Although the shoe manufacturers of the city em- 
ploy thousands of trained hands, both men and 
women, it is not known as a shoe city in the sense 
that some New England towns claim that dis- 
tinction. There are factories in other places of 
greater capacity than those of Philadelphia, but 
in no instance are the shoes finer made, more 
closely conforming to the current mode, or more 
honestly constructed than those which bear the 
name of a Philadelphia maker. Since living con- 
ditions are desirable and pleasant in the city the 
best and most expert help is always available. 

As a centre for the distribution of footwear 
made in the East and elsewhere Philadelphia 
holds an important place, and the number and 
representative character of the firms engaged in 
this liranch of the business make it a most impor- 
tant market. 

These houses are noted for energy and ag- 
gressiveness. Whatever is best and most season- 
able in the market and what is in demand from 
their customers it to be found in their stock. Their 
representatives co\'er an extensive territory, run- 
ning out to what might be termed the nearer 
middle West and all of the Southern Atlantic 
States, and the business that results from their 
trips in the spring and fall clearly demonstrates 
the esteem in which their respective establish- 
ments are held by the trade of those sections. 



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Nos. 421, 423 and 425 N. American Street 

The C. Bockius Co. nol only enjoys the distinclion of being a century-old tirm, but is entitled to iht- 
iidditional prestige of being the pioneer morocco house in the United States, and the one that fostered the 
industry in this eonnlry until tlie supremacy of Philadelphia morocco was conceded liy llic buyers of the 
world. 

The founder of the ho\ise was Chris. Bockius, a German, who had learned his trade in .Innotia, at 
that time noted for its production of colored leather, and who came to this country in 1784 at tlic requesl 
of the bVanklin Institute, which had by resolution determined to iransphuit the trade to .-\mcrica. 

In a frugal way a business was started that grew beyond all exiiect.ition, and an industry was established 
that now employs thousands of workmen and represeiUs millions of dollars of invested capital. 

The original Bockius was succeeded by his son Charles, and he in turn by his sons Christopher and 
George, who continued business in the original plant at N'o. 143 Margaretta Street. The firm was dis- 
solved in 1851 and Christopher started business at St. John and \\'illow Streets. He died in 1868 and the 
factory descended to his son Charles, so that for four generations the name of Bockius has been foremost 
in the trade, and each successor has by the adoption of new formula and the installation of improved 
machinery made the fabric manufactured by them the standard of quality in the markets of the world. 

A few years ago the old factory was demolished and a handsome six-story structure erected on the 
site, and in 1904 the firm was incorporated as the C. Bockius Co. The present officers are: Charles .1. 
Kunz, President; Samuel Thompson, Jr., Vice-President, and Sherman T. Moycr, Secretary and Treasurer. 
The company is one of the most extensive exporters in the United States, and its stock can be foimd in 
every country in Europe. 

The plant is a model one nm entirely by electricity and equipped with the latest improved machinery. 



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PHILADELPHIA BOSTON 

1855 

Fifty-third Anniversary 

1908 



In these daws uf freciuent changes it is rather exceptional tn lind a business founded, as 
in this instance, h\- the parents of the present firm antl cnntinued successfully bv their sons for 
more than half a century; and then again, succeeded by the sons of the present seniors, who 
have shown b}' their administration of the business that their aljility and able organization 
warrant the belief that progress will be continued for the future. 

We learn that in 1835, Wm. B. Leas and Samuel McVitty formed a partnership as oak 
tanners, under the style of Leas & McVitty, which was continued by them until 1882, when 
their sons, David P. Leas and Thomas E. McVitty, succeeded the original partners, and who 
still continue with their sons as successors actively engaged with them. 

Their tanning business was originally started in Central Pennsylvania, but with the 
supply of bark becoming depleted, the tanning end of the business has all been transferred 
to Virginia, tributary to the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are celebrated for good qualities 
of tanning material. The specialty of the Salem Tannery are oak belting butts and scoured 
oak backs, while the New River and Blue Ridge yards produce the highest class of scoured 
Texas oak sole leather ; these several products being sold to the most discriminating class of 
trade throughout the entire United States. As attesting the high standard of their products 
they ha\e Ijeen awarded the highest prizes in their various World's Fair exhibits beginning 
with : 



Centennial, Diploma, 
Paris, Diploma, 

Chicago, Diploma, 
Paris, Gold Medal, 

St. Louis, Grand Prize, 



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our business career we never allowed a demand for payment to be presented a second time, 
and our fire losses since i860 have totaled less than $300." 

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* war of the Reliellion, and the firm of James England & Son was formed. This firm carried ^ 

* on the business as curriers and jolibers in leather at J33 Xorth Third .Street. * 

* In 187J James England retired from the firm. and. the partnership having been dis- T 

* solved, a new firm was formed under the title of England & liryan. the new i)artner being | 
% Edwin II. r.rvan. wlm had also resigned from the armv in 1865 with the rank of lieutenant. ^ 

* W illiani I'.ngland. an uncle of Thomas Y. England, was a special partner in the new ^ 
X firm. .\s the business grew the firm of England & I'ryan began to tan for themselves, as * 
^ well as to job and curry leather, and in 1870 moved to the southwest corner of Third and tj 

* \'ine Streets, their present location. ^ 
In 1880 they purchased the Schlosser Tannery near Westminster. Md.. which was ;:; 

noted for the high class leather that it produced. I 

In 1885 thev acc|uired the tannery at Harrisonburg. \'a., which had formerly been ^ 

owned by }. 1'. Ilouck & Co. |; 

In 1888 Charles S. Walton, son-in-law of Thomas England, was admitted to the firm. .^ 

During the succeeding years the firm bought or built three more tanneries, situated * 

at Newport. Tenn.; Walland. Tenn.. and Waynesville. X. C. thus giving the firm of F.ng- * 

land & r)r\-an a total tanning output of 1000 hides a day. 4. 

( )n the first of December. 1899. Spencer K. .Mulfnrd and .\lahlon In. I'.ryan. both of ? 

whom had been connected with the firm for a number of year.s, were admitted into the <, 

])artnershii). and the partnership was continued without any changes until December 1. ^ 

1904. at which time it was dissolved. .\ corporation was then formed under the title of * 

England. Walton t^' Co.. Inc., with the following officers: j> 

Thomas Y. England, President. % 

j Charles S. Walton. First Vice-President and Treasurer. % 

Spencer K. Mulford. Second Vice-President. * 

Mahlon R. Bryan, Secretary. Ij. 

i (In |;inuar\- 2. 1906. .Mr. Thomas Y. England, tlie senior nn'mbcr of the lirni died. A *;. 

* change in the officers was necessitated, and the jiresent officers are : ^ 

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Charles S. Walton, President and Treasurer. ^ 

Spencer K. Mulford, First Vice-President. I 

Mahlon R. Bryan, Second Vice-President. ^ 

Clifford S. Warren, Secretary. | 

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With this organization the corporation carries on its business to-day. ^ 

In addition to being large tanners of Oak Belting liutts and Scoured Oak liacks and ♦ 

% I '.ends. England. Walton & Co.. carry on a considerable jobbing business in Texas. Hem- 4- 

t lock and I'nion Leather. The Philadelphia Currying Shop has su])plied the I'nited States * 

* Covernment with their standard harness leather for many years, in addition to producing * 

A the famous (loodvear Insole I'.ends. ♦ 

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* The Welt Factory turns out large quantities of (loodyear Welting, and in addition to ♦ 
% their Cut Sole Factory turns out more cut .soles, women's and men's, than any ><\hcv cutter ^. 

J of high grade scoured oak leather. « 

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S duce the very highest grade of leather, and for the past 35 years the repiHalinn ol their ^ 

* leather has spread all over the I'nited States, and England iS; r.ry;in"s leather l)ecamc the * 
f standard by which the values of other tannages were judged. Tlu- corporation of England. * 

* Walton & Co.. has carried out this policy, and wherever the highest grade of belting and 4. 

* the finest shoes are made. England. \\'alton & Co.'s leather is in demand. | 



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Keystone Leather Co. 

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McNEELY & COMPANY 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Best Wearing Black Chrome Glazed Kid and Golden Brown Kid 
Suitable for Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes 









Main Office, 400 Arch Street Factory, 19th Ward | 

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DUNGAN, Hood & Co., inc. 

Philadelphia Boston 



CABLE addresses: DUNHOOD-PHILADELPHI a : HOODDUN-BOSTON 
CODES used: a. B. C. 4tm and Sth EDITIONS, WESTERN UNION 

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LAIRD, SCHOBER & CO. 

Manufacturers of High Class Footwear 
NINETEENTH & BUTTONWOOD STS. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

In ihc vear iSCx} Samuel S. Laird starlcd ihc nlamll"aclurin^■ of chil- 
dren's shoes in a small wav in the northeastern section of Philadelphia, dis- 
trihutini;' the jiroduct in the State of l'ennsyl\-ania and the near Western 
counlrv. In a verv short lime the firm of "Laird, Sclmlier iS; Mitchell" was 
organized on a much lar^'er scale, taking' in more territory for the distrihu- 
tion of their i)r()diict, and manufacturinii' a much lar^'er line of children's 
footwear. 

Seeing' an oi)|)(irtunitv of enlar^-ini^' the hnsiness, and knowini^' that condi- 
tions throu.^hout the country were ripe for the mamifacturiuij;- of a line line 
of ladies' footwear, in 1S75 J.aird, Schoher e\: Mitchell tixik advantage of being 
located in Philadel])hia (the city second to none in the manufacturing of § 
tine goods), and commenced the mamifacture of ladies' hand-sewn wells and 
hand-sewn turns, distributing their ])roduct o\er the entire I'niled States. 

This tirm was reorganized in iSi)4 1)\- Sanutel .S. Laird, Geo. P. Schober, 
John L. Laird and William S. Duling, forming the present ])artnership of 
"Laird, Schober & Co.," continuing the manufacture of ladies' fine lnotwear. 
The rapid growth of their Inisiness made it necessary from lime to time to 
enlarge the ])!ant, and tn-da\- thev are located in a modern factory situated at 
Xineteenlh and riutloiiw nod Streets, producing more high-grade footwear than 
any factory in tiie Lnited Slates. During the lin.anci.al ])anics and times of 
dei)ression this house has confined itself striclb' to manufacturing high-class 
goods, which has done nuich to maintain the re])Utatioii of Phi!adel])liia, the 
home of tine footwear. 

The i)roduct of this firm can be found on sale throughout the Ignited 
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ZIEGLER BROS. 

Makers of High Grade Shoes for 
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Have made and marketed over 

15,000,000 pairs 

to the leading retail merchants in this 
nation. The business of the past year 
being the largest in the history of the 
house. 

Unswerving devotion to the work of 
fine shoemaking is what we build upon, 
and we most cordially invite the trade 
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Jacob Stern ^ Sons 

The business of Jacob Stern & Sons was 
founded in i860, Iiy Mr. Jacob Stern, who 
located at 1061 Germantown Avenue. He en- 
gaged in a commission business in hides, skins 
and wool. A few years later the sons of Mr. 
Jacob Stern. Moses H. and Charles K., were 
taken into partnership, and the business soon 
assuming larger proportions was removed to 
1005 Bodine Street. 

After being- in business here for several 
years they entered into the wool-pulling busi- 
ness, and this branch of the business was suc- 
cessfully carried on by Mr. Jacob Stern until 
his retirement in 1900, when the firm ceased 
wool-pulling and confined their entire efforts 
to dealing in hides, skins, tallow, grease and 
wool. 

In 1882 Mr. Isaac Katzenberg, the son-in- 
law of Mr. Jacob Stern, was admitted to the 
firm and larger quarters again being necessary, 
the firm moved to their present building, 428 
North Third Street. A few years later a larger 
place was again needed and they annexed a 
building in the rear, 423 North Orianna Street. 
At the present time they are occupying these 
two buildings together with the property 422- 
24 North Third Street, and 434-36 North 
Third Street. 

In 1900, after the death of Mr. Charles K. 
Stern and tlie retirement of Mr. Jacob Stern, 
the firm was re-organized to its present mem- 
bership, consisting of Moses H. Stern and 
Isaac Katzenberg. 



Marcus Stern Co. 




One of the pioneer houses in the hide and 
tallow business was originally established in 
1859 by Mr. Marcus Stern in a location near 
Girard Avenue and Marshall Street, later into 
larger quarters on Third Street below Willow, 
where he was soon recognized among the trade 
as one of the foremost in his line. 

In after years, when Philadelphia was in 
its glory in the manufacture of leather in the 
various branches, it was then, when this house 
achieved' its high success and reputation among 
manufacturers in general. 

As an example of i\Ir. Stern's methods of 
dealing, we are told of an incident that happened 
at the close of the Civil War, a time when raw 
material was at a premium. Mr. Stern suc- 
ceeded in securing a lot of calfskins. On their 
arrival three equally prominent manufacturers 
claimed individual privilege to buy the entire lot, 
each bidding up the other in prices. "Boys," 
said Mr. Stern, "this lot of skins is going to be 
equally divided among you, at a fair price," and 
nothing could induce the owner to change his 
decision. 

In 1893 Mr. Stern associated with himself 
his son-in-law, Mr. A. Selig, who took over the 
management of the business, then finding their 
quarters inadequate, purchased the large four- 
story building at 347 N. Second Street, which 
the firm now occupies. Various alterations 
were made giving facilities to handle large 
quantities of hides, which after being graded 
and selected are sold to difi^erent tanneries, ac- 
cording to their various requirements. 

Mr. Stern retired from active business in 
the year 1897. He died at the age of 76, in 
January, 1904. 

Mr. Ralph M. Selig, a grandson of Mr. 
Stern, who was then connected with the firm as 
a buyer, took over Mr. Stern's interest at his 
death. 

The fundamental principles, which were so 
deeply implanted by the founder of this house, 
are still adhered to and carried out by his suc- 
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country, this conceiii has become well known all over the world, 

responsible, anil well worthy of all the 

confidence reposed in its care. It 

haiulles largely all (grades and selections 

of Hides, Calf-skins, Sheepskins, Cattle 

;ind Horse Tails. Tallow, Grease, Hair, 

etc., and maintains commodious offices 

at 447, 449 North Third Street, ;uul 

warehouses' a t 4 I :; to 418 North 

American Street. The firm consists of 

Mr. Elias Loeb and his son Charles 

Loeb, and because of their lon;^ good 
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OILS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS AND DRUGS 



This city has always iiad an important place 
in the history of medical practice in this country, 
anil in the making and distribution of drugs, medi- 
cines, etc., in conjunction therewith. ( )ne of the 
\ery earliest drug stores in Philadelphia of which 
any reliable record exists was that of Christopher 
.Marshall, who commence<l Inisiness in 1729 at the 
corner of Front and Chestnut .'streets, and who 
later bought the property at No. 56 Chestnut Street 
( jjresent number, 214), where he established a 
large and lucrative business that was carried on 
later by his sons, and afterwards liy his grand- 
daughter, the first woman pharmacist of whom 
there is any knowledge. The sign of his business 
was a large gilt ball instead of the mortar and 
pestle now generally used. 

In the earlier days the larger retail drug 
stores such as jNIarshall's combined a wholesale and 
retail business, but later came the large whole- 
sale establishments which now constitute an im- 
liortant part of the trade of this city. 

These houses carry tremendous stocks, from 
which orders are filled from all over the country 
and from foreign lands, and in addition they fre- 
quentlv e.xport crude herbs, roots and barks grown 
liere. 

There is also an allied branch of the trade, 
known as manufacturing pharmacists, engaged in 
the production of official and imofficial medicinal 
preparations by the aid of which the physician is en- 
abled to combine in one prescription the distinctive 
effect of one or of a number of remedial agents. 
1 'hiladelphia has five large and several smaller 
iiouses, so that the production of this class of reme- 
dies here is doubtless as large as in any other city 
in the wurld. 

Paints, varnishes and linseed oil are items of 
great value in the total of manufactured jiroducts. 
The first white lead plant was started here at about 
the clnse of the Ivevolutionarv \\'ar. and wiiliin a 



few years another establishment in the same line 
was in full swing. The first linseed oil ready- 
mixed paint came from a Philadelphia mill, and the 
first linseed oil jilant and the first manufactory of 
chemical colors were also established here. The 
manufacture of varnish, since grown to mammoth 
proportions, had its inception here. 

The ])aint, varnish, linseed oil anil color mills 
located here have a combined yearly output worth 
$30,000,000, and give employment to between 3000 
and 4000 skilled workmen, ofificers, managers and 
traveling- salesmen. 

The quality of Philadelphia-made paint and 
varnish is attested by their use on Government 
buildings and the new battleships, where only the 
best is accepted and used. 

A kindred industry that has grown to exten- 
sive proportions here is the refining of oils and the 
manufacture of lubricants, benzine, gasoline and 
]iarafhn. 

b'rom the most primitive methods of transpor- 
tation great progress has been made. There are 
now three pipe lines entering the city bringin,g oil 
from wells in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and 
Kansas, while mammoth tank steamers bring the 
crude product from the Texas oil wells. Storage 
tanks holding from 30,000 to 60,000 barrels of oil 
are located here, and refined oil is exported to 
India, L'hina, .-\ustralia, Japan, Corea and every 
country in Europe. There are large plants at 
Point Breeze and Marcus Hook for refining crude 
oil into the highest graile of illuminating lliiitl. 

Some years ago the refined oil had a deep yel- 
low tinge and was of low test, now it is water 
white, of high test and every danger has been 
eliminateil. 

The oil that comes from Te.xas is mostly used 
for fuel. It promises a great saving to industrial 
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Philadelphia, showing that the Atlantic Refining 
Company's Philadelphia plant alone, if set down in 
the heart of Philadelphia, would monopolize practi- 
cally the whole central business section. As indicated 
by the shaded area it would extend from Broad Street 
to Delaware River bulkhead line, and from south 
of Walnut Street to north of Cherry Street. 



The Atlantic Refining Company 

Main Office, 3144 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia 
Main Sales Office, The Bourse, Philadelphia 



Originating; with the inception 
of the petroleum industry, and 
incorporated under its present name 
in 1870, The Atlantic Refining Com- 
pan\ has had a steady growth from 
a necessarily small beginning, when 
the Crude Oil production in the 
United States was only 14,000 barrels 
per day, until at the present time its 
Philadelphia factory alone consumes 
more than 40,000 barrels daily. In 
the manufacture of this crude oil the 
company occupies a plant at Point 
Breeze, on the Schuylkill River, of 
360 acres, with a navigable water front 
of ly'i miles, and 6 miles of private 
railroad track, and burns 350,000 tons 
of coal each year. 




One of the Company's tank wagons, used for 
making deliveries in bulk direct to dealers' premises 
in all parts of the State. 



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REFINERIES 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
FRANKLIN, PA. 
PITTSBURGH, PA. 



^ 240 Bulk Distributing 
^ Stations in Pennsyl- 



Besides furnishing lamp oils, 
lubricating oils, candles and all other 
petroleum products to dealers and 
consumers in every community in 
the state ^in the distribution of which 
it pays the railroads tributary to Phila- 
delphia for freight more than $600,000 
each year), it carries on an immense 
export business to nearly every coun- 
try on the globe. During the past 
year 360 exclusively oil carrying 
vessels cleared from its docks, taking 
cargoes which brought the port of 
Philadelphia some $25,000,000 of 
foreign gold. 





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which is well known in every part of the globe. 
During the year 1907 some 4,200,000 of these cases, 
each containing two five-eallon cans, were shipped 
direct to Corea, Japan, China, Philippines, Egypt, 
Australia, Uruguay, Chile, etc. 



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COTTON 

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CORN 

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OLEO OIL 
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CATTLE 

S5.138.500 

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LARD 

$7,921,535 

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FLOUR 

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The tank steamship "Iroquois," one of the largest 
bulk oil carriers, trading at Point Breeze. Capacity, 
59,200 barrels, or the equivalent of 500 tank cars. 
On the last vovage to this port the "Iroquois" was 
loaded in one day. 



The above graphic analysis of the entire export 
trade for the year 1907, from the port of Philadel- 
phia, shows that the Atlantic Refining Company con- 
tributed 22.2 per cent. The areas of the squares in 
the pyramid show the relative importance in value 
of the ten principal export products of this port. 



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Powers- Weightman-Rosengarten Co. 

Snanufacturing Clicmists 




NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA 



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POWERS- WEIGHTMAN-ROSENGARTEN CO. 

Coiiwolidnted 1905 



CHEMICALS 

MEDICINAL TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC 




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A Philadelphia Land Mark 






DR. D. JAYNE'S FAMILY MEDICINES 



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For seventy-eight years the City of 
Philadelphia lias been identified to count- 
less thousands throughout the civilized 
world as the home of Dr. Da\-id Jayne 
and his universally-esteemed Family 
Medicines. First manufactured by Dr. 
Jayne alone and later b}' him in associa- 
tion with his son, under the name of Dr. 
D. Jayne & Son, these remedies in a sur- 
])risingly short time became known and 
used in every town and hamlet of the 
United States. Their efficiency in reliev- 
ing and curing the several ills fur which 
they were recommended extended their 
reputation to foreign lands, and the 
demand for them there has steadily 
increased, until now there is scarcely a 
]:)lace in the world where Dr. D. Jayne's 
Family Medicines are not known, used 
and valued. In order to accommodate his 
rapidl}- increasing business Dr. Jayne 
erected in 1850 the building pictured in the accompanying wood cut; it was at the time the 
tallest office building in America, and as such has remained one of the landmarks of the city ; it 
is believed to be one of the best examples of early massive Gothic architecture in the country. 
An accurately engraved reproduction of this building is used on the trade-mark stamp, and 
also on the wrapper design of several of Dr. Jayne's preparations — and in this wav it has 
become familiar to many thousands of persons in this and other countries, and has served to 
identify the building to strangers who visit Philadelphia for the first time. In 1843 Dr. layne 
began the publication of his Medical Almanac and (juide to Health, which is still continued. It 
is printed in many different languages' for circulation in all parts of the globe, and its calendar 
pages containing calculations of the phases of the sun and the moon and of the constellations 
and tides, make it an invaluable aid to sailors, farmers and all who are interested in the studv 
of astronomy. The fame of Jayne's Expectorant, Ja\ne"s Tonic A'ermifuge. Jayne's Sanative 
Pills, and of the other preparations manufactured by Dr. 1). ja^ne & .Son, has grown with the 
passing years, and the esteem and confidence with which they are regarded b)' the public is so 
great that in spite of the many competitors who have arisen during these seventy-eight years, 
they still hold the first place in many homes as the most uniformly successful prescriptions for 
the relief or cure of the various ills for which the\- are recommended. 




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Remarkable indeed has been the origin and growth of the firm of Dr. J. H. Sclienck & Son. which 
might be said to have grown from a home-made remedy to its present large proportions. The fonnder 
of the house, the father of the present proprietor, was born near Flemington, N. J., about three- 
([uarters of a century ago. Of a well-known family, he learned the tailoring trade, but before he 
had attained his majority he was stricken with pulmonary trouble. A change of climate and occu- 
pation apparently gave no relief, and the young man was given up by his physicians. 

Upon the suggestion of an old friend of the family, he tried an old-fashioned remedy. It was 
the turning point in his health and fortune. He grew better, and in less than a year was apparently 
as well as ever. The medicine which he had made himself was. as the news of his cure spread, ap- 
plied for by friends and neighbors. The demand spread beyond the possibilities of charity and 
friendship and Dr. Schenck (he had since studied medicine) commenced the manufacture of the rem- 
edy. Orders came thick and fast from all parts of the countrj', and as the transportation facil- 
ities were limited in his home section, he moved to Philadelphia. 

From a few simple appliances and one room in his own Iiome, his plant grew amazingly. Larger 
quarters were necessary, and after several such moves — always to larger quarters — he located at the 
northeast corner of Sixth and Arch streets, where the business is now carried on by his son. Dr. 
J. H. Schenck, on a large scale. The manufacture of Schenck's Tonic and the Mandrake Pills was 
taken up subsequently and to-day constitutes the business of the house. The founder died a few 
years ago, forty years after liis physicians had given liim up, but the results of his experiments of 
more than a half-century ago, judging from the immense business of the house, still seem entirely 
competent to supply the needs of to-day. 

This story of the introduction of Dr. Schenck's medicines the writer knows to be true, because 
he was well acquainted with a fellow'-workman of Dr. Schenck who sat upon the same tailc^r's bench 
with him, and who remembers his giving up his work im accomit of the condition of his health. 
The formula for the Pulmonic Syrup was given tn tlu' wrili-r by this same individual, who had pre- 
viously received it from Dr. Schenck. — From an article by Dr. Clement B. Lowe, in the Pharmaceu- 
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Johnston, Holloway £? Co. 

Among the old Philadelphia concerns that have 
seen over a half-centur)- of active service under 
the direct proprietorship of the founder or his lineal 
descendants is that of Johnston, Holloway & Co. 

The business was founded in 1843 by Dr. W. 
Holloway, trading under the name of W. Holloway 
& Co., and, in keeping with conditions at that early 
period, the original store on Market Street, above 
Eleventh, was modest and unpretentious. 

In 1853 Mr. H. C. Johnston and Mr. James 
Cowden acquired interests in the business, and the 
name was changed to Johnston, Holloway & 
Cowden. The new firm desired to develop the busi- 
ness and secured larger C|uarters on Third Street, 
eventually removing to Fifth Street, above Chest- 
nut, where for a dozen years they conducted a con- 
stantly increasing drug business. 

In 1868 the firm decided to give up the drug 
business and confine themselves to the manufacture 
and sale of proprietary medicines exclusively. With 
this end in view the large building at No. 602 Arch 
Street was secured. 

In 1874 Mr. James Cowden withdrew from the 
house, and, his interest being taken over by his son, 
Mr. M. A. Cowden, and Mr. W. F. McPherson, the 
firm's name was changed to Johnston, Holloway 
& Co. Mr. H. C. Johnston died in 1878, and his 
interest was purchased b}- the surviving members. 
Nine years later the firm was dissolved and Dr. 
Holloway, the original founder, acquiring the spe- 
cialties by purchase, again became the sole pro- 
prietor and removed the business to the present 
quarters, No. 531 Commerce Street. The old firm 
name was continued, and upon the death of Dr. 
Holloway, May 28, 1900, W. Holloway, Jr., became 
the sold owner of the extensive business, thus mak- 
ing sixty-five years of active business, of which the 
founder had direct supervision for over half a 
century. 

The specialties manufactured b>- Johnston, 
Holloway & Co. are : 

Holloway's V'egetable \^ermifuge Confections 

Holloway's Arnica Plasters 

Heiskell's Ointment 

Heiskell's Medicinal and Toilet Soaps 

Heiskell's Blood and Liver Pills 

Hoofland's German Piitters 

Hoofland's Podophyllin Pills 

Da Costa's West India Tootlnvash 

Kromer's Hair Dye 



Hastings £? Co. 




MATTHEW HASTINGS 

Among the industries of the city that have 
earned world-wide fame by the excellence of their 
products is gold beating, and the pioneer and lead- 
ing firm in the line is Hastings & Co., who have 
existed continuously for eighty-eight years. 

The house was established in 1820 b}- Robert 
Hastings, who died ten years later and was suc- 
ceeded by his brother, Matthew, who conducted 
the business until his death in 1865, when his sons, 
Robert E. and John V. Hastings, assumed control, 
and, continuing the firm name, made it known 
throughout the civilized world by the quality of their 
product. 

The factory of Hastings & Co. is located at 
Nos. 819 and 821 Filbert Street and is one of the 
most completely equipped and the largest in its line 
in the world. 

In addition to the manufacture of gold leaf, the 
firm also makes bronze liquid, bronze powders, gold 
paint, glass gold, edge gold, silver leaf, aluminum 
leaf, composition leaf and gold and silver bullion. 

Ever}' detail of the business is carefully watched 
and the leaf especially selected for each order. This 
care insures the production of high-quality goods 
and has earned a name for Hastings & Co. that 
places them at the head of the gold beating firms 
of the world. 

At the exhibition of the Franklin Institute in 
1874, Hastings & Co. were awarded a silver medal, 
the First Premium, for the excellence of their goods, 
and a most conspicuous honor was conferred upon 
the product at the Centennial in 1876. when the 
firm received the onlv me<lal awarded for gold leaf. 



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The S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. 




The S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co., with branches 
in many of the leading cities of the civilized world, and owning 
several factories turning out its product, was founded in 1844 with 
but two employees. Its founder was Dr. Samuel Stockton White. 
who had studied the "art and mystery of dentistry and the manu- 
facture of incorruptible teeth" and who at the age of twenty-two 
started in business for himself, and with his own hands engraved 
the moulds for the first, and for a long time the only, product, por- 
celain teeth. The factory was in the garret of a dwelling-house 
at the corner of Seventh and Kace Streets, and a dental office was 
maintained at the same address. The superiority of Dr. White's 
product soon became known, and in a short time the growth of 
the business necessitated removal of both branches of the business 
to Kacc Street above Eighth. 

In 1845 Asahcl Jones, of New York, and John R. McCurdy. 
of this city, became partners in the manufacturing department, and 
in 1846 Dr. While rtlinquishcd the practice of dentistry to devote 
his entire time to the rapidly growing business. Three years later 
the firm removed to a house on Arch Street below Sixth, which 
had been purchased and specially fitted up for the business, whicti 
expanded so rapidly that in 1855 another removal to a more com- 
modious structure in the same block was found necessary. Branch 
houses were established in New York in 1846; in Boston in 1850. and 
in Chicago in 1858. Mr. McCurdy rttired from the firm in 1859 
and was followed two years later by Mr. Jones. Dr. White pur- 
chasing the interests of both. The business under the founder's 
skilful guitlance continued to grow rapidly and had from the manu- 
facture of a single article developed into a depot of supplies for 
everything then pertaining to dentistry. 

The need of more room was imperative, and Dr. White pur- 
chased the ground and erected the imposing structure at the south- 



last cormr of Twelfth and (.best nut Streets, to which the busi- 
ness was removed in 1868. The building was fitted up expressly 
for a manufactory and depot, and would. Dr. White thought, be 
sufficient for any possible retjuirements of the business. 

Dr. White died suddenly in Paris. December jo. 1879. and the 
business was carried on for about a year and a half by the trustees 
of his estate, who were Dr. James W. White, his only brother; 
J. Clarence W'hite. his eldest son. and Henry M. Lewis, who hail 
been for a numbtr of years his cashier and confidential clerk. 

f)n July 1. 1SX1. 'riie S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. 
a-->umed contr«)l of the itusiness. 1 1 bad been chartered under the 
laws of the .State of Pennsylvania with a paid-up capital of 
? 1. 000. 000. and in its organization included the business of Johnston 
Hros.. of New \'ork. which had for several years been prominent 
in the manufacture of dental supplies. 

The officers of the company were: Dr. James W. White, presi- 
dent : Henry M. Lewis, general manager; J. Clarence White, sec- 
retary, and Samuel T. Jones, treasurer. 

The expansion of the business still continued, and the large 
building supposed to be equal to any possible growth had become 
crowdtd and many of the products had to be made outside. The 
Johnston Brothers* business brought with it a plant on Staten Island. 
X. Y.. which had sufficient land to provide facilities to relieve the 
overcro wiling .-tud make it possible to produce in its own factories 
the goods that had been manuf-ictured outside. 

New and improved machinery was added to the Staten Islan-l 
plant and the force of employees increased. In a few years addi- 
tional factory buildings wtre erected, and the plant is to-rlay the 
largest and best appointed in the land. 

The pressure on the Philadelphia factory continued to increase 
and in 1890 a large building in I'rankford was purchased, to which 
the departments of steel instruments, case-making and cabinet work 
were removed. The capacity of this factory has since been increased 
by the purchase of adjoining properties and the erection of new 
buildings. 

The demands for the company's jiorcelain teeth became eventu- 
ally so great that a property 85 x i.io on Twelfth Street, below 
Walnut, was purchased and a superb factory with five stories and 
a basement was erected for its use. Two adtlitional stories have 
recently been added to give more room. 

On May ^7. 1891. Dr. James W. White, who bad been president 
of the comi»any continuously since its formation, died. He had 
been associated witli his brother during nearly the entire business 
career of the fotinder. and his loss was keenly felt. 

Mr. 1 Itnry M. Lewis was elected to tile vacancy and Mr. 
William 11. Ciilberl, who had been witli tlie bouse for twenty six 
years, was made general manager. 

Tn 190: Mr. J. Clarence While resigned the secretaryship and 
wa> succeeded by Mr. Constant K. Jones. 

In January. 1903. Mr. Samuel T. Jones. \\ bo had been treas- 
urer of the company since its organization, diid, and Mr. George 
R. Robinson succeeded to the vacancy. 

On the death of Mr. Lewis, in the early ]>art of 1906. Mr. 
William H. ('.illurt was elected president, and Mr. W. Littell White, 
a grandson of the founder of the business, general manager. 

The growth of the comi)any's business has continued unceas- 
'"gly. its history being a record of almost uninterrupted expansion 
until it is at the present time the largest in its line in the world. 
v^ilb branches at New York. Boston. Chicago. Brooklyn, .\tlanta. 
Rochester, Berlin. Toronto, Xtw Orleans and Cincinnati. 

The present officers are: William 11. Gilbert, president; \\ . 
Littell White, general manager; Constant K. Jofits. secretary, and 
George R. Robinson, treasurer. The Board of Directors include 
William H. (nlbert, Samuel S. White. Jr.. William .\. John-ton. 
I. Clarence White and Joseph Cresson Fraley. 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



N. Z. Graves Co. 

The manufacture of paints, varnishes and 
japan is an industry that has grown steadily in this 
city during the past half-century until the Phila- 
delphia product is known and recognized through- 
out the world for its superior quality. 

( )ne of the largest and most successful manu- 
facturers in this line is N. Z. Graves Co., with gen- 
eral offices at Nos. 22 and 24 South Third Street 
and plants at Twentieth and Tasker Streets, Broad 
and Geary Streets, Trainer's. Pa., and Sixth and 
Jackson Streets and Twelfth and Federal Streets, 
Camden, N. J. 

The business was established in 1881 by Nelson 
Z. Graves and was incorporated as N. Z. Graves 
Company in 1903, the officers being Nelson Z. 
Graves, president ; Ferdinand J. Graves, vice- 
]3resident ; Nelson Z. Graves, Jr., second vice- 
president; \'irginius 1'. Graves, treasurer, and 
H. W. Ilayden, secretary. 

The growth of the business in the twenty-seven 
years since its establishment has been phenomenal, 
and the five large plants of the Company are taxed 
u> keep the ever-increasing trade supplied. 

Branches are maintained in New York City, 
Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Ga., and Havana, Cuba, 
and the product finds ready sale in every market 
of the world. 

The goods manufactured by X. Z. Graves 
Co. are: X'arnish. japan, red lead, litharge, white 
lead, dry colors, orange mineral. litlin])]ii)ne. colors 
in oil, colors in japan, colors in distemper, the mir- 
ror stone system, Zenith ready-mixed paint and 
nitrite of soda. 



Visco Motor Oils 

Lucent Oil Company 

In the manufacturing of "N'isco Motor Oils" 
the Lucent Oil Co. have at last solved the impor- 
tant want, felt by the owners of automobiles for the 
maximum use of cars, to the minimum cost of 
wear and material. Satisfactory lubrication of en- 
gine cylinders means contentment aii<l a large sav- 
ing to automobilists, and it can be safely saiil that 
\'isco Oils fill these requirements. 

Manufacturers of other grades of petroleum 
oils : 

"LUCILLINE," recommended by the high- 
est authorities in medicine and surgery as an oint- 
ment and dressing for wounds ; 

"GLYCOLINE" (mineral glycerine), free 
from taste or odor, used as a base in the manufac- 
ture of fine ointments and cold cream. 

The Lucent Oil Co., 63 North Third Street, 
Philadelphia, will he glad to furnish particulars on 
request. 



Sole Aftenis for Manhallan Rubber MIfi. Co.. New York 

JOHN S. LATTA & CO. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Heavy Mechanical Rubber 

Goods, for Railroads, 

Mines and Mills 

I ndia Rubber Good s 

1227 ARCH STREET 
PHILADELPHIA 

Keystone and Bell Telephones 



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?5TH ANNIX'EUSAKV FOUNDIXC (tF PTTILADELPHIA 



IRON AND STEEL 



The history of iron and steel reads more like 
a fable than a plain record of industrial develop- 
ment. The progress is amazing from a period when 
brain and brawn was the only investment to a 
business that has made possible a billion-dollar 
corporation. 

The Swedish and Dutch colonists who pre- 
ceded Penn in the settlement of Philadelphia, 
thinking the soil here contained iron ore. had 
searched the nearby country for that useful mineral, 
but without success. Their experience in the old 
country had taught them the value of iron in the 
sciences, and they were eager to engage in its 
inanufacture, but it was not until Penn's arrival 
that this industr\- had its beginning. 

Penn was the owner of furnaces in Hawkliurst, 
England, and he naturally turned to the manufac- 
ture of iron as one of the industries of the new 
colony. 

The ore could not be found near the new 
settlement and the industry made little headway, 
the first recorded attempt to make iron in the state 
being by Thomas Rutter, "a smith who lives not far 
from Germantown but who moved up the country" 
above Pottstown and started the Manatawny forge. 
It was at this historic forge that the "Franklin" 
stove invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1742, was 
afterwards manufactured. 

During this period the business developed con- 
siderably and forges were started in Chester, Lan- 
caster and Berks Counties. None were started in 
Philadelphia, owing to the absence of ore and, as 
there were no transportation facilities in those days, 
it was impossible to bring the ore here for re- 
duction. 

Later when ore was taken from a distance to 
the furnaces, it was not thought expedient to start 
one here on account of the lack of charcoal, anthra- 
cite and bituminous coal being considered impossi- 
Ijle at that time for the manufacture of iron. 

Despite these difficulties "a plating forge to 
work with a tilt hammer" was started in 1750, "in 
Byberry Township in the northeastern part of 
Philadelphia County." It is recorded that in the 
same year there were two steel furnaces in the 
city. One, owned by Stephen Paschall, was built 
in 1747 on a lot at the northwest corner of Eighth 
and Walnut Streets, and the other was owned by 
William Branson, and was located "where Thomas 
Penn first lived at the upper end of Chestnut 
Street." 



These furnaces were for the production of 
blister steel and were the only ones in the province 
at that time. 

In 1770 Whitehead Humphrie was proprietor 
of a furnace on Seventh Street, between Market 
and Chestnut Streets, and in 1775 L^riah Wordman 
and B. Shoemaker "in Market Street, Philadelphia" 
advertised in the Pennsylvania Packet, "Pennsyl- 
vania Steel manufactured by W. Humphreys, of 
an excellent quality and warranted equal to 
English, to be sold in blister, faggot or flat bar, 
suitable for carriage springs. 

In 1790 John Nancarro, a Scotchman, "had a 
furnace underground for converting iron into steel" 
at the northwest corner of Ninth and Walnut 
Streets. 

The manufacture of iron in the state was 
started through the instrumentality of Philadel- 
phia's early settlers ; its progress culminating in a 
mammoutli industry was due to the aid of early 
financiers here and some of the largest companies 
now doing business are composed mainly of 
Philadelphians. But one attempt was ever made to 
establish a large blast furnace in this city. This 
was the Philadelphia Furnace of S. Robbins & Son, 
and was located at Beach and Vienna Streets. It 
had one stack 58 by 14 feet and was built in 1873. 
It was not a paying proposition, however, and was 
dismantled in 1890. 

From the modest attempts of the early settlers 
has developed one of the greatest industries of 
modern times — an industry that represents untold 
wealth and has made Pennsylvania world-famous, 
and while Philadelphia has not been the active 
centre in the manufacture of iron and steel, her sons 
have contributed the executive skill and the money 
that have brought into existence some of the 
most successful plants in this and neighboring 
States. 

One of the greatest steel works in the country 
is located here. It makes crucible and open hearth 
steel, ingots and castings, hammered car axles, 
steel gun forgings. forged armor plates, tires and 
other forms of rolled and forged finished steel 
products. 

In addition there are hundreds of other fac- 
tories producing everything made of iron and steel, 
altogether making an industry that employs many 
and represents millions of invested capital. 



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OrFICIAI. IlISTOKUAI. SOUVKNIK 

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11810 N. & G.TAYLOR GO. 1908 

i Tin-Plate Manufacturers 

f. X(i reference to the liiiphite industry of the L'niteil Stales would be complete without S 

^ mention of the liouse of X. & G. Taylor Co. Founded in 1810, in Philadelphia, by William T 

^ Taylor (born 1790; died 1881) and his brothers, Geors^e and Tracy Taylor, the business has * 

% been handed down from lather to son through four generations. % 

* In these days of large industrial cor])orations and stock companies it is of interest to S 

* record this instance of an old-time house, established nearly a centur\- ago. steadfastly main- * 

* taining its independence and individuality and continuing in the same line of business as * 

* a private firm. ^ 

* The founders of the house were staunch patriots from Connecticut, near Hartford and * 

* Glastonbury, and one of them had served in the militia of that State during the War of 181 2, f 
^ later joining his brothers in Philadelphia, who had started the business there. f. 
^ In 1830 N. & (i. Taylor sold the hrst terne plate for roofing purposes ever made. We ^ 

* (luote from the I'nitcd .States Census Report for 1902: ^ 

§«• * 

"In that year (1830) small quantities of lead-coated sheets were made ^ 

^ in an establishment located on Market Street, Philadelphia, and used for ^ 

* covering roofs. The plates made in the Philadelphia establishment were * 
3^ 10x14 inches, the standard commercial size in those days. Imported Eng- i 

* lish tinplates were used instead of blackplates. They were first put ^ 
^ together and run through a bath of molten lead, the tin on the plates * 

* serving as a holder for the lead. The plates were sold for roofing pur- * 

* poses, and were of excellent quality. The quantity produced, however, was ^ 
g: not very large. * 

"Regarding the sale of these plates, the N. & G. Taylor Company, of % 

Philadelphia, says: 'News of the sale of so novel an article soon found ^ 

its way across the water, and terne plates commenced to be made there.' % 

"The manufacture of terne plates did not become an important branch ^ 

of the tinplate industry until America began to use this material for cover- % 



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* ing roofs." 7?, 

% In 1845 '^'"-^ father uf the ijresent members of the firm, .Xathan Taylor, together with his :!; 

* cousin, George E. Taylor, a son of George Taylor, were admitted to the firm, the old people % 
f retiring a few years later. The present company has in their possession old catalogues pub- |; 
^ lished about this time, which are of remarkable value to those who are interested in the $ 
^ practices and customs of former days. It is evident from one of these catalogues, published J. 

* in 1857, that the comjiany already occupied an important position in the industry, as we jj 
^ note a record of jiremiums being awarded them at the following exhibitions: * 

S The American Institute, 1843, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52 and 53. % 

^ Hartford County Agricultural Society, September, 1843; October, 1847, ^"^ 

October, 1848. 

Maryland Institute, October, 1848, and 1851. 

Massachusetts Mechanics' Fair, Boston, 1850. 

New York State Fair, 1850. * 

The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations at the Crystal Palace, t 

? London, England, 1853. * 

* The tools and machines used 1)\ tinners in the early days were crude and rough m * 
^ design, and improved forms were designed by the company about this time, many of which 

* are still in use at the present day, the rights of manufacture ha\ing been transferred to the 

* makers of tinners' tools and supplies. .Many of the awards mentioned above were made 
% for these imjjroved tools. These tocils were lighter, neater ;in(l of a nmre practical use 
f than the heavy, clumsy tools of English make. 

* Nathan Tavlor died in 1861. leaving his jjartner. George E. Tavlor. wlm. with his 

* brother. William \. Taylor, continued tlie firm of N. & G. Taylor, adding tlie word "Com- 
S panv" tn ilir title, making the ])resenl title d.ite fnim ih.ii time. 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

f^ About this time catalogues and circulars published by the firm mentioned the facilities 

* offered by the new Atlantic cable in importing supplies of tinplate promptly from the Eng- 
;| lish works. As a matter of interest the first code word used l)y the company was the 
^ word "pleasure." indicating that "tinplates are ad\-ancing." Tlie charge for this single 
^i word at that time was five dollars. 

^ A catalogue published in 1868 calls particular attention to the new size for roofing-tin, ^ 

^ just introduced by this house, namely, 28 x 20 inches. Frequent mention is made of this % 

Jj latest novelty, and its distinct advantage to the roofer, in N. & G. Taylor Co.'s advertising ^ 

S at that time. This is now the standard size for roofing-tin throughout the United States. * 

f. The company's products were awarded premiums at the Paris Exposition in 1867. ^ 

At the Franklin Institute Exposition, ni 1874, held on the present site of John Wana- % 

maker's department store, they exhibited the largest sheet of tinplate ever made, also * 

* samples of the first leaded plates ever made, taken from a roof in Philadelphia, where thev * 
J| had been for forty years, and as perfect as when put on. This was the leaded tin made in ^ 

* Philadelphia in 1831, before it was ever made in Wales. Other curiosities exhibited were ^ 
^ samples of No. 40 sheet iron, the thinnest ever made, shown under glass. Also ordinary * 
|j articles of tinware made of 6x and 8x tinplate, and replated by being dipped into molten tin. ^ 
^ Also very valuable drawings from a work published in 1720, showing the method of making ^ 
^t tinplates at even an earlier period. ^ 
Jj These old catalogues constantly urge roofers and manufacturers to favor Ainerican * 
^ industries where\'er possible. American-built ships were used for the imports of tinplate, '| 
§ and when Philadelphia Russia iron was first made Messrs. N. & (i. Tavlor Companv were * 
^ the first to sell it. They were the first house, therefore, that ever sold American tinplate * 
^ and sheet iron, introducing it through Eastern Pennsylvania and New York Citv. One of ^ 

* their advertisements of this American Hammered Russia Iron contains the sisfnificant pro- * 
f/i phetic inquiry: "^^'hy go to Russia for iron when we have mountains and mountains of it * 
'^ here ^" . 
% At the Centennial Exposition at Philadelplija in [870 N. & G. Tavlor Compan^■'s * 
;'v products were awarded the premium for extra-fine i|uality tinplate. In addition to the ;S 
5| extensive exhibit made by this company, they also sold the roofing-tin for covering nearh' 'it 
;.i all the Exposition buildings, most of the work being done by Mr. G. \V. Dorsey. of Wil- ^X' 
S mington. Delaware, who is still living. This was one of the largest contracts for tin roofing ;/; 
;t ever let. L'sing the new Piurritt's Hand Seamcrs, all previous records were surpassed in i; 
:•• completing the work. % 
:> George E. Taylor died in 1882. when the present members of the firm, together with % 
|j George W. B. Taylor (deceased 1899). ha\-e continued the business up to the present time. ^ 
^ .\fter the AfcKinley protective tariff went into eft'ect they were among the first to com- * 
:^ mence the manufacture of roofing-tin in this country. This was in 1891. A year or two later an =!i 
Jt extensive tract of land was secured in the southern portion of the city, and the present tin- S 
j; plate works erected there. This tinplate works comprises to-day the largest and best- ^ 
Vc equipped tin-house in this country for the manufacture of tinplate of all kinds, having a '§ 
"il producing capacity of one million base boxes of tinplate yearly. % 
;■ The company also operate their own open-hearth furnaces, rolling mills and black]ilate $_ 
'M plant at Cumberland. Maryland, thus having control of all the processes of manufacture ^ 
It from the pig iron and pig metals to the finished sheet. They are thus enabled to give care- ^ 
^ ful personal attention to all the intricate processes of manufacture, and continue, as in ^ 
i former years, to be the leading house for high-grade roofing-tin in this country, always ^ 
;§ closely associated with any movement for the betterment of the industrv. * 
^ They are the largest independent makers of tinplate, operating the only complete tin- ^ 
^ I)late manufacturing works east of the Pittsburgh district. The companv now has agencies ;« 

* in all of the larger cities of the United States, their "Target and Arrow Old Style" brand ?| 
1 being recognized as the highest standard for roofing-tin in this country. ^ 
|; The success of this house from its inception is rightly attributed to the high standards % 
;* steadfastlv maintained for its products, and the widespread, energetic publicity that has ^ 
?v advocated their use. ^ ^ 
|j Their Open-Hearth Steel ^^'orks, Furnaces. Rolling Mills, h'oundry. Sheet and Black- ^ 
$ plate Mills and Copperas Chemical Plant are located at Cumberland. Md., and their Tinplate * 
'£ Works at Swanson, Meadow and Tasker Streets. Philadelphia. The business is conducted % 
5^ from the general offices of the company in the Mariner i^- Merchant Building. Chestnut anrl $ 
I Third Streets. Philadelphia. ' "^ | 
?/: Visiting merchants desiring to visit the Tinplate Works will be shown every courtesy % 
S. and furnished with guides. ^^ 

Vr $ 

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OFFICTAT. niSTOKICAT. SOL'VEXIR 



The Bald^vm Locomotive W^orks 



The r.alchviii Locomotive Wdrks, the greatest 
institution of its kind in the world, and the source 
of su]i])ly for kx"oniotives for use in every civilized 
country on the globe, is distinctively a Philadel])hia 
institution. 




M. W. BALDWIN 



The Baldwin Locomotive Works dates its ori- 
gin from the inception of steam railroads in Amer- 
ica. Called into existence by the early require- 
ments of the railroad interests of the country, it 
has grown with their growth and kept pace with 
their progress. It has reflected in its career the 
successive stages of .A.merican railroad practice, and 
has itself contributed largely to the development 
of the locomotive as it exists to-day. .A. history of 
the I'aldwin Locomotive Works, therefore, is in a 
great measure a record of the progress of locomo- 
tive engineering in this country, and as such cannot 
fail to be of interest to those who are concerned in 
this important element of our material progress. 

The Baldwin Locumotive Works occupies 
about 1 8 acres of ground in the heart of Philadel- 
phia. The ])rincipal sho]5s arc Situated in the rect- 
angle bounded on the north by Spring Garden 
Street, on the east by liroad Street, on the south by 
the I'hiladilphia and Reading Railway Subway — 
which gives the works track facilities — and on the 
west by Eighteenth Street. iMuishing and repair 
shops are also located on Pennsylvania .Avenue, be- 
tween Twentv-sixth and Twentv-eighth Streets. 



The iron foundries and blacksmith shops are 
situated at Eddxstone, about 12 miles from the city, 
where a tract of 184 acres is owned by the works. 
The Standard Steel Works, an allied concern, lo- 
cated at IJurnham, Pa., sup])lies the works with 
heavy forgings, large quantities of steel castings 
and such finished products as tires, springs, and 
steel tired and solid rolled steel wheels. 

The largest annual output in the history of the 
works was reached in 1906. when 2t>(t() liKomotives 
were conipleted, together with duplicate parts, equi- 
valent to at least one hundred locomotives. Other 
interesting facts concerning the present organiza- 
tion are given in the following statement 

Xumlier of men employed 19,000 

Hours of labor per man per day 10 

Principal departments run continuously, 

hours per day 23 

Horse power employed, steam engines. ... 12,138 

Horse power employed, oil engines 4.850 

Number of buildings comjirised in the 

works 47 

.Acreage comprised in the works. Philadel- 
phia 1 7.8 

.\creage comi)rised in the works. Eddxstone 184.0 
-Vcreage of floor space comprised in build- 
ings 63.2 

Number of dynamos for furnishing light, 

incandescent 7 

•Vuniber of dynamos for furnishing light, 

arc 16 

Horse power of electric motors employed 

for power transmission, aggregate 14,200 

Number of electric lamps in service, incan- 
descent 7.000 

Numlier of electric lamps in service, arc. . . 951 

Number of electric motors in service 1,115 

Consumption of coal, in net tons, per week. 3.000 

Consumption of iron, in net tons, per week. 5,000 
Consumption of other materials, in net tons, 

per week i ,460 

The following table gives data regarding the 
out]nit of the works from 1900 to 1906: 

1900 1217 7,(y^ $4,401,600 $20,556,513 

1 90 1 1375 208 2.081,200 22,242,790 
i(p2 1533 100 1.063,600 28,388,138 

1903 2022 78 7.U-^oo 37,783,274 

1904 1485 283 2,384,200 23,191.873 

1905 2250 413 4.655.800 40.931.473 

1906 2666 j')2 3.458.500 46.341,332 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

The )'ear 1901 was especially noticeable for the A distinguishing feature in the method of con- 
large volume of domestic business handled, there struction which characterizes these works is the 
being great demand for motive power from the rail- extensive use of a system of standard gauges and 
roads of the West and Southwest. Large orders templets to which all work admitting of this process 
were placed with the Fjaldwin Locomotive Works in is required to be made. The importance of this 
this year b}' the Union Pacific ; Chicago, Burlington arrangement in securing absolute uniformity of es- 
and Quincy ; Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf ; Toledo, sential parts in all engines of the same class is mani- 
St. Louis and Western ; Atchison, Topeka and fest, and with the increased production since 1861 
Santa Fe ; Chicago and Alton ; Missouri, Kansas it became a necessity as well as a decided advantage, 
and Texas; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; and As early as 1839 Mr. Baldwin felt the importance 
Southern Pacific Railroads. The Pennsylvania of making all like parts of similar engines abso- 
Railroad, in this year, ordered over one hundred lutely uniform and interchangeable. It was not at- 
and fifty locomotives of various types from the tempted to accomplish this object, however, by 
Baldwin Locomotive Works, and the Baltimore and means of a complete system of standard gauges 
Ohio Railroad also placed an order for over one until many years later. In 1861 a beginning was 
hundred locomotives. made of organizing all the departments of manufac- 

T , . , ■, r 1 ■ , ture upon this basis, and from it has since grown an 

In 1901, 1375 ocomotives were built, of which elaborate and perfected svstem, embracing all the 

526 were compounds, SIX compressed air, and forty- essential details of constfuction. An independent 

five electric. Two hundred and eight locomotives, jg tment of the works, having a separate foreman 

or 15 12/100 per cent, of the total product, were ^,^^, ^,, adequate force of skilled workmen with spe- 

exported. The average number of men employed ^-^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^1^^ purpose, is organized as 

per week for the whole year was 9595. t],^ Department of Standard Gauges. A^ystem of 

The month of Februarv, 1902, witnessed the standard gauges and templets for every description 

completion of the twenty 'thousandth locomotive of work to be done is made and kept by this depart- 

built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. ment. 

The construction of the twenty thousandth Thus had been developed and perfected the 
locomotive and the completion of seventy vears of various essential details of existing locomotive prac- 
continuous operation were celebrated on the even- tice when Mr. Baldwin died, September 7, 1866. 
ing of Februarv 27, 1902, at the Union League, of He had been permitted, in a life of unusual activity 
Philadelphia, bv a banquet at which 250 guests, in- and energy, to witness the rise and wonderful in- 
cluding many of the most representative men in the crease of a material interest which had become the 
L'nitecl States, were present. distinguishing feature of the century. He had done 

nuich, bv his own mechanical skill and inventive 

In May, 1902, the largest locomotive to that genius, to contribute to the development of that 

rlate built was turned out by the Baldwin Locomo- interest. His name was as "familiar as household 

tive Works. This was a "Decapod" engine, built words" wherever on the American continent the 

for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, locomotive had penetrated. An ordinary ambition 

The total weight of the engine alone was 267,800 might well have been satisfied with this achieve- 

pounds, of which 237,800 pounds were on the five ment; but Mr. Baldwin's claim to the remembrance 

pairs of driving wheels. It was designed for heavy of his fellow men rests not alone on the results of 

freight hauling on the steep grade encountered on his mechanical labors. A merely technical history, 

one section of this road. Still heavier locomotives such as this, is not the place to do justice to his 

have since been constructed, the largest for the memory as a man, as a Christian, and as a philan- 

Great Northern Railway, weighing 355.000 pounds thropist ; vet the record would be manifestly imper- 

without the tender. feet, and 'would fail properly to reflect the senti- 

~, . ,, . ^ ... , , , ments of his business associates who so long knew 

the Jorl- '^ ^°"''^' ''''^'"''^^ ^ "" ^'"°'''^^' °^ him. in ^11 relations of life, were no reference made 

'■ ■ to his many virtues and noble traits of character. 

Works cstalilished 183 1 After the death of Mr. Baldwin the business 

i.oooth locomotive built 1861 was reorganized in 1867 under the title of "The 

S.oooth " " 1880 Baldwin Locomotive Works." M. Baird & Co., pro- 

looootli " " t88o prietors. Messrs. George Burnham and Chas. T. 

. ,, ., ^ Parry, who had been connected with the establish- 

'"'' ^^ 109^ ment from an early period, the former in charge of 

20,000th ' 1902 the finances, and the latter as General Superinten- 

30.000th " " 1907 dent, were associated with Mr. Baird in the co-|)art- 

nership. 
Present members of the firm of Burnham, Wil- 
liams & Co., which controls the works, include 
George Burnham, William P. Henszey, John PI. 
Converse, William L. Austin. Samuel M. Vauclain, 
Alba P. Johnson. 



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The Saw Iiidiislry of llcrn\ I >isst>iii ."^ Sims, liu., 
Iiati its inception at Knmt and Laurel Streets, Philadel- 
phia, in 1840, at whirli lime the f..iiiidir, Henry Disston. 
constituted the entire ■• force "— sawmaker, bookkeeper, 
salesman and proprietor. The result to-day is Illustrative 
of what has heen accomplished by energy, perseverance 
and a determination to make saws of the highest gra<le 
attainable, this too in the face of the somewhat 1 rude 
manufacturing appliances of the time. 

Immediate success did not follow, des])ite the fact 
that Disston Saws were i-(pial if not superior to the 
foreign makes then In demand. It w.is onh after vears 
of constant toll and struggle, a 
surmounting of obstacle after 
obstacle and overcoming |ireju 
dice that his goo<ls were accorded 
the recognition to which they were 
entitled. Then followed the InevI 
table result, merit and worth won 
the trade, for the Disston Saws 
then as now are Imilt — not merelv 
to sell — but for practical use. 

From an exceedingly small 
establishment the plant grew, kept 
growing, until now and for some 
years past the I'hiladelphia-made 
saws of Henry Disston and .Sons. 
Inc., are well known and bear an 
enviable reputation the world 
over, wherever lund)er is made 
and used. 

With the constantly increas- 
ing experience in the retpiire- 
ments of .saws, which to-day are 
put to greater and more varied 
uses than formerly, the larger 
the establishment grew and the greater its prosperity, the 
more it was |)ossible to experiment on the lines developeil 
by this experience looking to the betterment of manu- 
facturing facilities, improvements in machinery, methods. 
etc., as well as increasing the efficiency of the saw. In 
vention followed invention. |)rocess after process (lev isi-d. 
all suggestions and new ideas tried out, with the result that 
saw manufacturing was completely revolutionized, the 
Disston Works being the leaders in this .-idvani enunl. .ind 




now tlu'i'e is noconcern of an\ kin<i havinga better or more 
Cinnplete etpiipment f«»r the economical manufacturing of 
its product, which is une(|ualled in <|uality, workmanship 
and utility, and from all this accrues a corresponding and 
direct benefit to the user in that the Disston Saws by 
reason of the inipn>ved designs, high (jualitv and uniform 
ity, wot k easier, last longer and are purchasable at a 
reasonal)le price. 

All DISSTON SAWS are made thr..ughout in the 
Disston establishment; the steel is made in the Disston 
Steel Works, under a special formula which produces a 
material peculiarly adapted for saw purposes, a complete 
laboratory being maintained ex- 
clusively for the making of physi- 
cal and chemical tests of Disston 
Steel in order to insure accurac\' 
ami uniformity, while in the Saw 
Works, with its numerous depart 
ments, each step inthemany differ 
eiit operations of saw making is 
based on the Disston methods of 
maiuifacturing w'hich have been 
denionstrated to be productive of 
superior working results. These 
facts account for the marked 
individuality and superiority of 
the DISSTON RRANDof SAWS. 
The present plant of Henry 
Disston and Sons, Inc , Phihulel- 
phia. Fa., is the largest and most 
complete of its kind, both in 
extent anil capacity, covering liftv 
acres of ground, tui which are 
erected fifty four buildings, and 
givin.g employment to over 3500 
persons, to which may Ik- added 
the manv In ;nu h lupuses both in this country and abroad. 
All this is the outgrowth of the adherence to the will 
devised policy of the founder, whose chief purpose and 
aim was to make the highest grade of saws attain.ible at 
the least jiossible cost to the user. When Henry Disston 
was asked : What do you put in your saws that makes 
themsogood ? he replied : " Good steel and hi>nesl work," 
and the carrying out of this i)rinciple has been and is 
the earnest purpose of his successors. 



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KEYSTONE SAW, TOOL. STEEL AND FILE WORKS. 



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W^illiam Sellers & Co., Incorporated 



The House of William Sellers & Co., Incorporated, has been established for 
more than sixty years. 

It started in the Kensington district, close to the spot upon which William 
I'enn made his famous treaty with the Indians. 

At tirst it manufactured Shafting and Mill Gearing, and followed with 
Machine Tools. Neither of the.se lines was then a distinct business, but it realized 
the im])ortance of creating them as such, and in due time it ac(|uired a re])Utation 
for work of the highest quality in superior and distinctive designs for the objects 
in view. 

In 1855 the plant was moved to its present location. Sixteenth and Hamil- 
ton streets, where it occupies two blocks between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, 
the Reading Subway and Buttonwood street, extensive improvements and new 
btiildings having been added from time to time. 

Tn iS(% the House was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania under 
its present title. 

Its products, which are known all over the world, comprise Metal Work- 
ing Machine Tools for nearly all classes of work — Lathes, Planers, Slotters, 
Shapers. Drilling and Boring Machines, P)oring and Turning Mills, I'oll Cutters, 
I'orcing Machines, Drill Grinders, Tool Cirindcrs, .Milling Machines, Straightening 
Machines, Punches and Shears, Bending Rolls, Riveters. Sand Mixers, Wliecl 
Presses, Turntables, Transfer Tables, Hydraulic Machinery, Steam ll.inimers. 
Testing Machines (Kmery System) of such exceeding accuracy as to be capable of 
recording the strength of a strand of human hair or of manv tons. Tra\eling and 

: lib Cranes of the smallest and of tlie largest capacities, and Injectors lor leeding J 

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Gold Medal, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1857. 

Gold Medal, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867. 

Three Medals, American Institute, New York, 1869. 

Five Medals and Grand Diploma of Honor, Vienna, 1873. 

Three Medals, International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876. 

Grand Prize, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889. || 

Three Medals, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. 

Grand Medal, Exposition, Paris, 1900. 

Grand Prize and Gold Medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. 

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COLEMAN SELLERS, JR., President and Engineer. 
ALEXANDER SELLERS, Vice-President. 
JUSTUS H. SCHWACKE, Manager and Secretary. 
GEORGE A. FAIRLAMB, Treasurer. 
DAVID L. LUKENS, Purchasing Agent. 




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I Niles-Bement-Pond Company I 

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^ Ihat rhiladelphia holds an iniimrlain i)lace in ihc Macliiiu- 'I'oul Jnduslr} J 

% is evidenced by llie .Xiles-lienienl-i'und C'unipany having in tliis ciu' llieir ^ 

X BcuK-nl Miles Works and Crane 1 )e]iannienl, eullecti\ely eni])l(i\inL; ahnul % 

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X L ]) 111 ihe \'ear oi 1N41S the construction ol machine tools had ne\'er ;|; 

X been made a specialty in this country, each machine shop constructing its X 

+ own according tti its needs, and with results showing great crudeness of X 

+ design and an entire lack of taste and finish. About the date mentioned. * 

± conditions began to change, as the demand from users of machine tools + 

X vvas tor machmes of good construction, designed on scientitic lines, to best ^ 

X meet the requirements to which they were to be ptit. which resulted in X 

X the eslal)lishment of several small shops devoted to machine tool design X 

* and construction, and which, in later vears, after continued improxemenl % 

t Mild exi)ansion, combined under one head as the "Xiles-lleiiient I'oiid t Om + 

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X pany," now the largest Machine Tool Builders m the worUl. + 

+ I'y a gradual development since the organization of the .Xiles-Bement- * 

4; I'oiid C'ompanv, the design and construction of Alachine Tools has been * 

* si)ecialized al the several plants, so that no one plant now builds the full f 
+ general line, but instead each plant confines itself to the machines assigned * 
+ to it as its specialty, thereby dc\-eloping" the tools to a higher degree than t. 

X I'rom the C'itv of Philadelphia ha\-e been sent, through the Beinenl- ± 

+ Miles Works and the Crane Department, to all parts of the wdrld, tlu 

+ found in large numbers the product of this Company, attesting t<i the 

+ fiualitv and yood design of their machines in this field of our (io\erii- 



if all were directly interested in thedesigning of the entire product. ? 



+ machines extending tfi a half million ])ounds and over in weight, impress- 



tr\- that thiv large Com]);iny does not conijiletely and elliciently co\er. + 



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ment service. b'l'oni the Miiall machines reiiuired for makiiii' shoulder ^ 

X arms to the huge lathes used for boring and turning twehe inch guns, + 

ina\' be secured at the works of this Coini)an\, and with a feeling that * 

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Complete Machine 

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SLOTTERS, FROM 6 IN. TO 68 IN. STROKE 



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HORIZONTAL BORING AND DRILLING MACHINES, 46 IN. TO 80 IN. 




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STEAM HAMMERS 
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Standard Roller Bearing Company 



Office Building, 50 feet wide by 100 feet long; 

Chemical Laboratory and Testing Department, 60 feet wide by 120 feet long; 
Roller Bearing Automatic Machine Department, 140 feet wide by 500 feet long; 
Roller Bearing Department (Hanger Department), 70 feet wide by 236 feet long, 

three stories; 
Automobile Axle Department, 95 feet wide by 300 feet long, two stories; 
Annular Ball Bearing and Special Grinding Departments, 95 feet wide by 300 feet 

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Among the widespread variety of iiioclianical industries for which Phila- 
delphia is famous, none presents a more interesting example of remarkable 
growth and expansion than the Standard Roller Bearing Company, whose 
extensive plant now reaches from Fortv-eighth Street to Fifty-second Street f 
on Merion Avenue, with its main office building and executive headquarters 
located at Fiftieth Street and Lancaster Avenue. 

The officers of the Company are : Samuel S. Eveland, President ; Wm. | 
B. Osgood Field and Lenox Smith, Vice-Presidents, and Wm. M. Baldwin, 
Secretarv and Treasurer. 



This Company has acquired, at different times since 1902, twelve valtiable 
manufacturing companies, with their entire assets, located in other sections of 

the country, and has removed these to Philadelphia and absorbed them in its 1 

? local factory. These acquisitions have not only broadened and strengthened ♦ 

the increasing ])restige of this concern in its chosen field, but as a result it * 

now possesses the largest plant in the world devoted exclusively to the man- | 

ufacture of anti-friction bearings, including steel, brass and bronze balls, ball f 

bearings, thrust bearings and roller bearings for all mechanical purposes. | 



Its organization is very complete in every detail, and some idea of its + 

scope and magnitude may be obtained from the following description of the | 

various departments, covering a total of over 500,000 s(|uare feet and extend- | 
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T Steam and Drop Hammer Forging Department, 120 feet wide by 150 feet long; 

Crucible Steel Castings Plant and Iron and Brass Foundry, 100 feet wide by 200 

feet long; 
Steel Converting and Tempering Plant, 80 feet wide by no feet long; 
Ball Forging and Tempering Department, 80 feet wide by 200 feet long; 
Ball Turning, Blanking and Pressing Department, 100 feet wide by 143 feet long, 

two floors ; 
Pattern Shop, 75 feet wide by 100 feet long; 
Drafting Room, 75 feet wide by 100 feet long; 
Ball Grinding Department, 75 feet wide by 230 feet long; 
Ball Finishing Department, 75 feet wide by 230 feet long; 
Ball Gauging, 58 feet wide by 233 feet long; 
Ball Gauging, Inspecting and Stock Departments, 47 feet wide by 100 feet long; 

three floors ; 
Stables ; 

Sprinkler Plant, with storage tanks, 200,000 gallons capacity and 8^4 miles of piping ; 
Power Plant, Engine and Generators, 2500 horse-power; 
Coal Storage Bins, 1500 tons capacity. 

All of their product is manufactured in their own works, with the excep- 
tion of the raw material used in the iron _ and brass foundries and crucible 
^ steel castings plant, and the bar steel used in manufacturing ball and roller 
bearings. 

With the possible exception of the automobile industry, probably no busi- 
ness has developed more rapidly during the past five years than the manu- 
facture of ball and roller bearings; its possibilities can be better appreciated 
when it is known that anti-friction bearings are sold at prices ranging from 
2 cents to $7500 for a single bearing, and are used to carry loads from a 
few ounces, running at 25,000 revolutions per minute, to loads of 1,500,000 | 
pounds at slow speed and 250,000 pounds at 500 revolutions per minute. 

Notwithstanding the rapid growth of the business, it is still in its infancy, 
and this Company is prepared to submit designs of bearings which they would 
recommend, if furnished with the necessary information giving weight to be 
carried, revolutions per minute, shaft diameter and purpose for which the bear- 
ings are to be used; also supplying the estimated saving in power to be 
secured by the use of anti-friction bearings. 

Their I)road experience in supplying over a million bearings of various 
types, for all classes of work, has resulted in the accumulation of much data 
of inestimable value, from which they are enabled to design bearings for all 
loads and speeds. 

Manufacturing, as they do, over fifty types of ball and roller bearings, 
all having their proper place in which to be used, they are ably equipped to 
recommend the proper bearing for any specific condition or purpose. 



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Southwark Foundry and Machine Company 

IIk' plant of the Soulliwark Foundry (S; Machine 
Co. had its inception in the Imsiness estahlished l)v tlie 
lirni of Merrick <^ Townc, which was ors^anized in 
iS^f), and l)ei;an mi the present -^ite die manufacture 
111 suj^ar machinery, marine eiii^ines and s^'as yeneralins^' 
ai)paratus. Samuel \ . Merrick. n\ that linn, was a 
]iri)miiieiU citizen, and interested in se\eral im])ortant 
in^litntions of the citv. 

In i86t, Mr. Towne withdrew and Mr. Merrick then 
associated with him his sons. j. \ atiyhan and William 
II.. under the linn name i)\ .Merrick iS: Sons, who c<in- 
tinued the business without change tintil 1S70. In that \ear the works were 
l)urchased by lleiiry ( i. Morris, who carried on \ery much the same line of work. 
< >n June 25. iSSo, the Southwark Foundry ^; Machine Co. was inc(ir])orate(l 
under the laws of Pennsylvania, and has since continued unimerru])tedl_\". I )uring 
die previous ownershij) the works had been increased from time \n lime, hut the 
jjresent Company, hy the addition of new huildings and modern facilities, has 
diiu])led the ca])acit_\- of the plant, giving" em])]o\iiient now to 750 men. 

The main works at present comprise an entire cit\ block, bounded b\' 
Washington .\\enue. b'ederal, b'ifth and b'ourth .Streets. In addition die ( 'oni- 
l)any also owns ;i large ])roperlv on the north side of Washington .\\'enue. 
opposite the works, which has been titled with e\er\ facilitx' for storing sup- 
l)lies. Adjacent to the works there is also a large modern i)attern warehotise. 
This Com])any has the distinction of building the largest engines used 
in the production of steel and iron, as also for electrical ser\ ice. 

It is e(|uip|)ed to build these either for high si)eed, which type i-> repre- 
sented by the 1 'orter-Allen luigine. the original high speed design: or for 
medium sjjced. which re(|uirenient is met b\- the welbknown t"orliss type of 
engine. Flowever, as built bv this Com])anv. the latter design is a distinct 
advance over all others now in the market, nianv imjjrox emeiits being incorporated. 
The Coni])any also enjoys an enviable reputation as builders of blowing 
engines for blast furnaces and IJessemer steel works, which are manufactured 
in various sizes, some single engines weighing one million pounds. \ot only 
is a large business done in this countrw but these engines are built ;ibroad 
to their designs under license agreemeiUs. 

.\ lurther line in which the Sotlthwark Com])an\ is ])reeminent is the 
manufacture of central condensing ])lants. These are largelv used at the 
present time to economize in steam consumption. Their sxsteni is regarded by 
those (|ualil]ed to know as the most reliable and economical on the market to-day. 
It h;is been tlu' aim of the Comi)anv to alwavs design and iiroduce 



relined machinery of the highest grade, and that 
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Hooper CTowDfeDd Co. 

Efta^bliibed 1849 

Ma.D\ifewd\irer>s of Bolt>s, 
Cold P\iD(fbed NMt&,RivetsXc. 



Office B.i>d Works: 

1330 BUTTONWOOD STREET 
PHILADELPHIA 



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Originators of 
Heavy Milling Machines Special Keyseat Milling 

Cold Saw Cutting OfF Machines Machines 

Builders o^ 

Standard and Special Machine Tools adapted to all 

classes of Metal Manufacturing 




72" Rotary Planing Machine 



Steel Foundry Cold Saw in Operation 



Newton Machine Tool Works, Inc. 

PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. 

FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: Berlin, Heinrich Dreyer; Vienna, Rudolf Salzer ; Italy, Spain, Switzerland, 

Belgium and France, Fenwick, Freres & Co., Paris, France 



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Chambers Brothers & Co. 



Established 1858 



Chambers Brothers Company 



Incorporated 1888 



CYRUS CHAMBERS, Jr. 
President of 



CHAMBERS BROTHERS CO. 

And one of the founders of its business in 1858 

Founders' Week in the City of Philadelphia represents the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 
establishment of the firm by two brothers, Edwin and Cyrus Chambers, Jr., the latter surviving. 
His inventions in Machinery for Folding Sheets of Paper, and in Brick Making Machinery formed 
the basis of this business, and have continued the specialties to which the Company devotes its 
attention. Mr. Chambers is the patentee of many notable inventions and improvements in these 
lines, as well as other mechanical devices. 

The active business management has naturally passed to younger men, and for several years 
has been in the hands of J. H. Chambers, General Manager ; S. B. Chambers, Treasurer ; and 
H. K. King, Mechanical Engineer, who have all had the benefit of their senior's training. 

The product of this Company has always been of high quality, is largely used in the United 
States, as also in foreign countries, and after fifty years is still the acknowledged standard. The 
works employ about 175 men and are located at Fifty-second and Media Streets. 




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WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND LIST OF USERS TO 

The S. S. Wenzell Machine Co. 

439-443 N. Tweltth St., Philadelphia 



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ESTABLISHED 1870 




Every engine needs repairing some time, and why not have the right 
people do the work ? 

We are experts on all kinds of power plant repairs — engines, pumps, 
ice machines, etc. — and our Portable Tools do the work in position. 

For many years we have endeavored by conscientious effort to build 
up a reputation. Our men have been carefully trained, and are experts. 

We send men and tools to all parts of the country, and should you 
require any such work, call on us. 

H. B. UNDERWOOD & CO. 

1025 Hamilton Street 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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The wonderful growth of the market for "MILLER"' I'adlocks is 
indicated by the development of its facilities for their manufactme. 

Tiiis perspective of the new and enlarged Plant gives only a general 
idea of the equipment necessary to bring the crude materials iron and steel 
and copper to the highly finished product required by the consumer. 

Of Every Size 
Of Every Finish 
For Every Use 

Capacity, 20,000 Padlocks per da\-. i'rompt shipments. 
Trade mark '^^ registered and recognized in the United States 
and twenty-seven countries abroad. 

Distributed everywhere by Wholesale Trade, 
hujuire for Domestic Catalogue No. 22. 
Inquire for Rxport Catalogue No. 23. 



MILLER LOCK COMPANY 



FRANKFORD 



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PLANT OF ROBERTS' HORIZONTAL PRESSURE FILTERS 

at Philadelphia Rubber Works, Philadelphia, Pa., Filtering Schuylkill River Water 

Capacity, 2,000,000 Gallons Daily 

Roberts' Filter Mf^. Co., Inc, 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

ESTABLISHED 1896 



General Contractors and Manufacturers of Water Filters 
for Industrial and Domestic Use 

For dwellings, public buildings, hotels, institutions, dye works, paper mills, 
manufacturing plants and municipalities. 

This Company has installed filter plants with an aggregate daily capacity 
of 380,000,000 gallons. Correspondence solicited. 



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Plant of The Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Pennsyl 
Third and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A 



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The Enterprise Manufacturing Company 

of Pennsylvania 

Was or,2:anized in 1864, and is, therefore, forty-four years old. It began business 
with only two employees and has grown steadily, year by year, until it is now 
(and has been for many \ears) the leailing and largest manufacturer of Patented 
Hardware Specialties in the world. 

Among its products are the famous 



"ENTERPRISE" 

Meat and Food Choppers 

Rapid Grinding and Pulverizing 
Coffee Mills 

Bone, Shell, and Corn Mills 

Fruit, Wine and Jelly Presses 

Raisin Seeders, Cherry Stoners 



Self-Priming and Measuring Pumps 
and Faucets 

Sausage Stuffers and Lard Presses 

Smoked Beef Shavers 

Ice Shredders 

Genuine Cold Handle Sad Irons, etc. 



Hach of these lines is made in many different sizes and st\les, to 
every possible use. 

Catalogue mailed free on request. 

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Wi)t ^jax ilctal Company 

Established 1880 

Smelters and Founders 



Main Plant 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Branch Plants 

BIRMINGHAM. ALABAMA 
MONTREAL. CANADA 
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We specialize in the production of alloys of COPPER, TIN, LEAD, ZINC and 
ANTIMONY, giving special attention to the manufacture of alloys in accordance with 
customers' specifications. 

OUR OWN SPECIALTIES are as follows: 

Aiax Plastic Bronze -^^^t known alloy for Car and Engine Bearings, Rolling Mill 

and High-grade Machinery Bearings. Adopted as standard by 
the largest Railroads, Steel Mills, etc. 

Aiax Manganese Bronze strongest and toughest Bronze on the market. Unsur- 
passed for production of Castings requiring great 
strength. Extensively used by the United States Government, Automobile Manufacturers 
and users of Castings to meet special physical requirements. 

^^gl^X "Bull" Babbitt ^ Babbitt at a moderate price, which gives most excellent 

service, and is very frequently substituted for Genuine Bab- 
bitt, giving better results. Has a lower co-efficient friction than Genuine Babbitt and a 
slower rate of wear. Compressive strength equivalent to 75% of that of Genuine Babbitt. 

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PHILADELPHIA, PA. 




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Until 1 896 pulleys used on shafting for the transmission of power by belts were made of cast 
iron or wood. Mr. Thomas Corscaden conceived the idea of makmg such pulleys wholly of wrought 
steel. The American Pulley Company was incorporated to manufacture under Corscaden's patents which 
covered not only the construction of the "AMERICAN " Steel Pulley, but ingenious machinery for 
shaping the component parts. 

Ten years ago steel belt pulleys were so much a novelty that engineers hesitated to use them. In 
1907 there were 200,000 "AMERICAN" Steel Belt Pulleys from 6" to 48" diameter sold to distribu- 
tors at about one hundred and fifty trade centers in the United States and twenty-three foreign countries — 
probably more pulleys than were produced by any other one establishment in the world. 

The American Pulley Company also manufactures large quantities of steel sash pulleys and pressed 
steel shapes. The plant of this Company is arranged for the highest economy of production, being equipped 
with special machinery for the rapid duplication of parts with a minimum of handling. 



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Clarke's Iron Foundry 



J. Alfred Clark, proprietor of Clark's Iron 
Foundry, Gray's Ferry Road, Wharton and Thirty- 
fifth streets, is one of the youngest and most pro- 
gressive men in the iron foundry business in this 
city. Mr. Clark commenced business in a very mod- 
est way in 1896 with but four or five employees, 
and in twelve years has established a reputation in 
all parts of the United States as one of the leading 
manufacturers of chemical castings in the world, 
and during that period his establishment has grown 
into one of the best equipped for all classes of work 
in the city, giving employment annually to more 
than six thousand men and covering almost an 
entire city square. 

His success in his chosen 
and fair treatment of customers 
desire for the maintenance of cor- 
he does business or employs, 
any shape or weight and has 
man-hole frames and covers, 
the city departments, the Key- 
panies and to many private con- 
of castings for the filtration 

He succeeded to the Greger 
ents on noiseless asphalt, filled 
and has a large trade in this 

Open-mouth and grate-top 
castings and high-grade cast- 






Thirtieth street and Gray's Ferry Road 
Original Plant— Started in 1896 



line is due to untiring energy 
and employees and an eager 
dial relations with all with whom 
Mr. Clark makes castings of 
furnished large quantities of 
stop boxes and other castings, to 
stone and Bell Telephone Com- 
tractors, besides large quantities 
plant. 

Manufacturing Company's pat- 
man-hole covers and frames, 
necessary product for city streets, 
inlets, grate bars and grey iron 
ings in loam, green and dry 
sand are among the specialties turned 
out by the Clark foundry, and, in 
fact, there is nothing known to the 
trade that they are not equipped to 
make. 

Mr. Clark's long experience and 
unequalled facilities make it possible 
for him to make prompt delivery of 
all orders and to give the lowest 
prices for first-class work. 



Y Present Plant-1908 Thirty-flfth Street and Gray's Ferry Road 

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THOMAS DEVLIN, President 



WILLIAM J. DtVLIN Vice President 




LOUIS J. McGRATH, SECftETARv and Treasurer 



FOUNDERS 
Malleable and Grey Iron» Siccl 
and Brass Castings. 
Orders from Special Patterns 

Nearly and Promptly Executed. 



MANUFACTURERS 
Malleable Iron Fittings for Gas, 
Steam and Water, threaded with 
Briges standard for the American 
market or with Whitworth standard 
threads for European and other 
markets. Saddlery. Carriage. 
Wagon, Trunk, Tinners, Builders, 
and Miscellaneous Hardware. 

Fitting and Machine Work by 
Skilled Designers *and Mechanics. 



THOMAS DEVLIN MANF'G CO. 

INCORPORATED 

MALLEABLE IRON FITTINGS 



Malleable Iron Works 
BURLINGTON, N. J. 



Office and Grey Iron Works 
LEHIGH AVE., AMERICAN AND THIRD STS. 

PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. S. A. 



FINISHERS 
Electro Plattne in Gold, Silver, 
Nickel, Brass and Bronze. Tinning, 
Japanning, Galvanizing, Painting 
and Decorating. 



CABLE ADDRESS, GRAVLIN 
WESTERN UNION CODE 



BEVEL GEARS 



are cut by me theoretically correct, and so are adapted to 
fine machinery of all kinds. I have special facilities for 
cutting SPUR, WORM, SPIRAL, MITRE and INTER- 
NAL Wheels. Let me quote on your specifications. 

Special Machines For Cutting Bevel Gearing 

HUGO BILGRAM 

MACHINIST 

1231 Spring Garden Street 

' ' '^" PHILADELPHIA, PA. 




225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 




NORTH BROS. MFG. CO. | 

located at N. E. Cor. Lehigh Avenue and American Street, Philadelphia, are Manufacturers of Hardware g 

Specialties. Their leading products are Lightning, Gem, Blizzard, and Crown Ice Cream Freezers, Yankee A 

Tools consisting of Spiral Screw Drivers, Ratchet Screw Drivers, Automatic or Hand Drills. They also g 

manufacture Fluting and Plaiting Machines, Ice Chippers and Shaves, Christmas Tree Holders. g 

To meet the needs of larger Ice Cream Machines they are now making Machine Freezers in various o 

styles, also Ice Breakers, to run by power. X 

Their Freezers and Tools, etc., enjoy not only a large trade at home, but are exported to all principal v 

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Makers and Dealers in 






Electric, Gas, and Combination 
Lighting Fixtures 



Nos. 42 J, 42g, 4JI and 433 North "Broad Street 

Philadelphia 



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i THE TABOR MANUFACTURING CO. | 

Eighteenth and Hamilton Streets X 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. t 

ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS OT T 

FOUNDRY MOULDING MACHINES t 

Power Squeezing Vibrating Machines Hand Ramming Stripping Plate Machines J 

Power Ramming Stripping Plate Machines Hinged Machmes with Straight Draft, Hand Turnover 'f 

Power Ramming Split Pattern Machines Hinged Machines with Straight Draft, Power Turnover i 

Hand Ramming Vibrating Machines Elastic Flask Clamps, Vibrator Frames, Snap Flasks, Etc. X 

TAYLOR=NEWBOLD COLD SAWS I 

^A/ilh Inserted Teeth. Designed to meet tne requirements of Steel Foundries, Rail Mills, Frog and T 

Switch Shops, Structural Steel Plants and Machine Shops in general <• 

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TAYLOR UNIVERSAL TOOL GRINDER | 

For Grinding any kind of Shaped Metal Cutting Tool to a Predetermined Shape by means of a Former T 

TAYLOR=NEWBOLD HIGH SPEED STEEL HILLING CUTTERS I 

With Inserted Helical Blades, Treated by the Taylor.White Process, for use on Heavy Slab * 

Milling Machines and Plain Milling Machines ^ 

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Philadelphia has produced some of the 
best locomotives, as well as steamships, 
in this country. 

Manufacturers ot Philadelphia, and 
vicinity, are now building the fastest motors 
for motor cars and motor boats. 

We make crank shafts, finished 
complete, and forg;ing;s, for the 
most of them. 



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A. P. WITTEMAN (^ COMPANY 

Nos. 1203-1205 Fidelity Mutual Life Bldg. 
Phila-delphia. Pervna... U. S. A. 
Works. CHESTER. PENNA. 

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The Hess Machine Works 



This important industry was founded eighteen 
years ago by John A. Hess, and the progress made 
in the manufacture of file-making machinery has 
been so rapid as to necessitate a large and expen- 
sively equipped plant at Twenty-fifth and Callowhill 
streets. 

The machines turned out are recognized as the 
most rapid producing by file manufacturers eyery- 
where, and the facilities for equipping entire plants 
for the making of files and rasps are unsurpassed. 

The works also construct hack saw cutting and 
setting machines, patent high-speed lathe and planer 
cutting tools, patent mandrel presses, dental broach 
machines and patent key filing machines. 

Mr. Hess is a practical man of long experience, 
and the success he has attained is the result of inde- 
fatigable effort. One of the best testimonials to the 
character of his work is the world-wide reputation 
his machinery has attained, fully ninety-nine per 
cent, of the trade being export, and including a class 
of purchasers who are yery critical and always 
searching for the best made. 



R. D. WOOD & CO., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 



We Make 



CAST IRON PIPE 
VALVES and HYDRANTS 
GAS HOLDERS 
PUMPING ENGINES 
HYDRAULIC MACHINERY 
CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS 
GAS PRODUCERS 
GAS PRODUCER POWER 
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Pres. 



JOHN L. GAUMER 

Vice-Pres. 



C. LESTER SHERMAN. Jr. 

Sec'y and Treas. 



John L. Gaumer Co. 

TWENTY-SECOND AND WOOD STREETS 
PHILADELPHIA 



WROUGHT IRON, BRASS 
AND BRONZE WORK 

LIGHTING FIXTURES "THAT ARE DIFFERENT" 
SPECIAL DESIGNS GET AN ESTIMATE 



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The United States Metallic 
Packing Company 

The I'nited Stales Metallic Packinj; Companv. 
429 North Thirteonth Street, was iiiciir]irirated un- 
der the laws nf I'eiinsyivania in iSSj. and fnmi that 
time on has been nianufactiiriny- in the City of 
Philadelphia. 

This Company manufactures metallic packings 
for the piston rods and valve stems of locomotives, 
stationary and marine engines, pumps, etc., also 
])neumatic track sanding devices and pneumatic bell- 
ringing devices for locomotives. 

These specialties are largely used in all parts 
of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Com- 
pany also does an export business. 

The devices manufactured by this Company are 
all standard in their respective lines, and various 
awards have been received from time to time at 
International Expositions. 




PUMPS 

Steam. Electric and Belt-driven 

Artesian Deep W^ell Pumps and 

Hand Pumps 

H. E. TROTMAN 



111 N. 3rd Street 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



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Established 1788 



JOSEPH OAT & SONS 



MANUFACTURERS OF 

COPPER, BRASS AND SHEET IRON WORK 
GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BRASS FOUNDERS 

BUILDERS OF 

COPPER AND CAST IRON VACUUM PANS 

AND MULTIPLE EFFECT EVAPORATORS 

FOR ALL PURPOSES 

218 to 234 QUARRY STREET 
Philadelphia 



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The United Galvanizing Co., Inc. 




The value of steady application, fair treatment and 
high-grade product is shown by the growth of the 
United Galvanizing Company, whose plant at Nos. 520- 
24 Beach street and 525-29 North Front street, is 
one of the best equipped in the country. 

The extensive business was started in a modest 
way by George jNIcNaul, who came to the United 
States from Ireland and entered the employ of the 
Philadelphia Galvanizing Company as a galvanizer. 
In 1881 he decided to embark in business on his own 
account, and, associating with Charles A. Chamberlain, 
the galvanizing firm of Chamberlain: & McNaul was 
launched. The firm was successful from the start, and in 
1893 Mr. Chamberlain retired and Mr. J. C. Hulshizer 
was admitted to partnership, the firm name being 
changed to George McNaul and Co. Ten years later the 
business had grown to such proportions that it was 
decided to incorporate, and the present company was 
the outcome, with Mr. McNaul as president. The other 
officers are: J. C. Hulshizer, vice-president; G. Eugene 
Harlan, secretary and treasurer, and a board of di- 
rectors, which includes: John P. Harlan, George Mc- 
Naul, J. C. Hulshizer, William H. Morris and G. 
Eugene Harlan. 

The plant of the United Galvanizing Company is 
equipped with every modern appliance for high-grade 
work and quick handling. The product includes gal- 
vanized or black hoops and bands, round bars, flat bars, 
channels, angles, chains, bolts and nuts, spikes and 
nails, washers, tees, half-rounds, half-ovals, clinch 
rings, drive rings and lag screws, which can be sup- 
plied on a small or extensive scale to all coast cities, 
by water, at low cost, or by rail to all inland points. 
The company also do galvanizing of all kinds of ma- 
terial at lowest possible prices. 

The company's goods are favorably known in every 
part of the globe, for it supplies the trade throughout 
the entire world. 



William McNiece £? Son 




The Excelsior Saw Works, of Philadelphia, 
located at Xo. 515 Cherry Street, was founded by 
Mr. William JMcNiece, one of the pioneer saw 
makers of this coimtry. Mr. McNiece came to 
the United States from Ireland when a boy and 
indentured himself to Mr. Jesse Bakewell, one of 
the first saw makers in this country. 

After finishing his apprenticeship, Mr. AIc- 
Niece embarked in business for himself, and his 
progressive methods and attention to detail soon 
established a name among users of saws and an 
enviable reputation for honest business dealings. 
His product was high in grade and superior in 
quality, the excellency of the tempering in the 
saws being especially notable. 

In 1888 Mr. Edward B. McNiece, a son of 
the founder, who had previously been instructed 
in all the various methods of conducting the busi- 
ness, was admitted to partnership, and the high 
'itandard of excellency has been maintained since. 

In addition to the manufacture of saws, 
Mr. McNiece has an enviable reputation for 
making various articles in the construction of 
which saw steel figures and is especially 
sought after by manufacturers and others when 
difficult problems in tempering arise. 



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J. GEO. BUCHER 

President 



MARTIN M. PEARLMAN 

Vice-Pres't «nd Sec'y 



ELIAS G. PEARLMAN 

Tretsurer 



THE EMPIRE GALVANIZING COMPANY 



INCORPORATED 

Office: 1001 CHESTNUT STREET 



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ALL SIZES IN STOCK 



Telephones: Bell and Keystone 

Galvanizing in All Its Branches 
Facilities for Handling the Largest | 

Works: 2501 to 2519 East Cumberland Street ClaSS Of WOrk ^ 



Boilers and Engines 



EVERY SIZE AND 
FOR EVERY DUTY 



In Stock for Immediate Shipment 

HOWARD W. READ 

N. W. Cor. Third and Arch Streets 
PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Established 1899 



PETRY 
SECTIONAL 

SASH 
WEIGHTS 

HANG PLUMB AND CANNOT 
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SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURED 
IN QUANTITIES 



CASTINGS 

Gray and Malleable Iron, Steel, Brass, 
Bronze and Aluminum. 
District Representative for 

WEED CHAIN TIRE GRIPS. 

Headquarters for all kinds of 
CHAIN 

N. A. PETRY 

422 Commerce Street 



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ELEPHANT BRAND 




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WIRE ROPES for STANDING RIGGING, TILLER ROPES, Etc. 



RICH BRONZE COLOR 




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2200 WASHINGTON AVENUE. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 

ELEPHANT BRAND - ^^- ^^. - 

INGOTS. CASTINGS, WIRE. RODS, SHEETS, Etc. 

DELTA METAL 

CASTINGS, STAMPINGS AND FORGINGS 
ORIGINAL AND Sole Makers in the U. S. 



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I TESTED BY TWENTY YEARS' SERVICE ON SALT WATER 



Field & Company 

INCORPORATED 

52 NORTH FIFTH STREET 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



IMPORTED 

TOOL AND 
HIGH GRADE 

STEELS 



WM. F. RUWELL 

Jilarlitutsl mill lEngtnppr 

719-721 Noble Street 

PHILADELPHIA 



Special Adenlion given (o Break-down 
Jobs, also Repairing ol Ice Making 
Machines and Pumps. Repairs made to 
all kinds ol Steam Engines. Cylinders 
and Valve Seats Rebored in present 
position at short notice. 



Bell and Keystone Telephone Connection 



ALL WORK GURRRNTEED STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS 
MACHINERY IN GENERAL MADE AND REPAIRED 



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GEAR WHEELS 
EAR CUTTING 



PHILADELPHIA 
GEAR WORKS, inc. 



GEO. B. GRANT 

PresidenI and M. E. 

GEO. L. nARKLAND, Jr. 

Trtas. and Bus. Mfir. 



1120-22 Vine Street 
PHILADELPHIA 



The John Crompton Company 

The Jcilin C'roiiii)toii Company, established in 
1844. was the first factory in the United States 
iiiakiiifj paper boxes, druggists' pill and powder 
bo.xes. which were at that time the only kind of 
paper bo.xes used. 

The ])aper box industry has grown from this 
small l)ej,Miining to its present vast proportions. 

In 1872 .Mr. Harvey Piatt bought a half inter- 
est in the Inisiness, which was thereafter carried on 
inidcr tlic name i:>f Jno. Crompton & Co. 

.\l)uut iSjy John L'runipton died and Air. 
Harvey Piatt bought the Cromjiton interest and 
cimtiniicd the business under the same name. 

In \i)02 the business was incorpurated as The 
Jiihn Ciximpton Co. Mr. Harvey Plait died 1904. 
and his sons, Alonzo W. and Harvey E. Plait, 
now control the business. 

One of the company's sjjccialties is the finer 
grades of paper boxes such as are used by confec- 
tioners, jewelers, druggists and perfumers. Their 
trade is not a local one, but extends over the entire 
coiuitr\-. 



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DIENELT cfe EISENHARDT 



INCO R I^O R AT EID 



MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL 

ENGINEERS 
MACHINISTS 

POM'KR TI^VM.MERS HYDKO-EXTRACTORS 

LINOLEUM MACHI>.-ERY OIL CLOTH PRINTING 1NLA.CHINES 

ELECTRIC MOTORS and GENERATORS 

SPECIAL HYI3RATTLIC and ELECTRICAL DEVICES 

RKPAIRS OF ALL KINDS 

Main Okkice and 'WoRKe 

HOWARD. THOMPSON AND MASCHER STREETS 

PHILADELPHIA 



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STEEL BRIDGES 
AND BUILDINGS 



STOCK 
BEAMS 

AND 
SHAPES 




BRIDGE 

RAILINGS 

ORNAMENTAL 

IRON WORK 



BELMONT IRON WORKS 

Main Offices and Shop 

Philadelphia 

Bridge Shop, Eddystone, Pa. 



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"Ask your Plumber'' 

SWAIN MFG. CO. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Oval and Square German Silver 

and Copper Pantry Sinks 

and Drain Boards 



German Silver, Copper, Zinc 

il'n'?!!^^!";"'"^" Bath Tubs 



Tanks, Seats, Rims, Etc. 



2106-24 Wood Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 




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COOKING RANGES 

WARM AIR HEATING 

ROOFING 

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO JOBBING 

813 and 815 S. 19th Street 
PHILADELPHIA 



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Keller Manufacturing Company 

FORMERLY 

JULIUS KELLER TOOL AND MACHINE WORKS 

21ST ST. AND ALLEGHENY AVE. 

Manufacturers of Special Tools and Machinery 



Frederick Sabin & Co. 



CONTRACTORS FOR 



RANGES 
HOT AIR 
STEAA AND 
HOT WATER 
HEATING 



Furnace Fittings and Registers 

237-39-41 Bread Street 
Philadelphia 



Sloan, Howell & Co. 

IRON, STEEL and SUPPLIES 




Manilla Rope 

Wire Rope 

Bolts and Nuts 

Rivets 

Crane Chain 

Boiler Tubes 

Cold Rolled Steel 

Shafting 
Coil and Elliptic Springs 



Fire Brick 



Yale and Towne Chain 

Hoists 
Hickory Sledge and 

Pick Handles 
Mining Drill Steel 
Shovels and Scoops 
Protective Paint 
Cotton and Wool 

Waste, etc., etc. 



OFFICE 



WAREHOUSE 



26 S. 13th St. 133-3 N. 2d St. 
Philadelphia 



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Maxwell Rowland £? Co., Inc. 

Formerly Jonathan Rowland £? Son 

Established 1827 



From an humble beginning eighty-one years 
ago, the firm of Maxwell Rowland & Co., Inc., has 
grown to be the largest and Ijest known house in 
its line in the country. 

The works, originally a shop in which the 
founder of the business worked alone and found 
ample time to fill the small orders at that period, 
have grown with the steady expansion of the busi- 
ness until they cover fifteen acres of ground. 

The goods manufactured are shovels, spades 
and scoops, and the name "Rowland" on any of 
these articles is a guarantee of excellence, both as 
to workmanship and material. 

It was the aim of the founder in starting the 
manufacture of shovels and spades to produce an 
article that, by superior quality alone, would com- 
mand trade, and in this he was wonderfully suc- 
cessful. The goods gradually found their way into 
every market, and the reputation gained in the 
early days has never been allowed to suffer by de- 
terioration in quality. 

In 1893 Maxwell Rowland & Co. was incor- 
porated. The present officers are : Amos C. Shall- 
cross, President: James M. Rowland, Treasurer; 
H. Maxwell Rowland, Secretary, and George B. 
Rowland, Manager. Since that time the business 
has been extended considerably until the output, 
which is enormous, extends throughout the entire 
L'nited States and to many foreign countries. 

The works are located at Holmesburg. along 
the banks of the picturesque Pennypack Creek, and 
are admirably situated. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's tracks 
running directly past the works afford unsurpassed 
shipping facilities, while Pennypack Creek fur- 
nishes unlimited water power, the latter being of 
vast importance, when the present high price of 
fuel figures so largely in the cost of production, 
and so materiallx increases the selling price of a 
commodity. 

Jonathan Rowland's sons, who so materially 
aided their father in the development of the large 
business were Charles, William, Samuel and Max- 
well. They were succeeded by Ma.xwcll Rowland 
& Co., previous to the incorporation of the company. 

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Summerill Tubing Company 

114 South Second Street 
Philadelphia 



Seamless Tube 

in all Metals 

STEEL 

All Sizes from I -100 of an inch up to 
twenty inches 

Brass, Aluminum, Copper, 
German Silver 

All, sizes from J -100 of an inch up to 5-8 of 
an inch in all g;aug;es 



John E. Hand & Sons 

NAVIGATING 
INSTRUMENTS 




COMPASS ADJUSTING 



Factory 
ACTO, N. J. 



Salesroom 

222 Walnut St. 

PHILADELPHIA 



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NOT IN THE TRUST 



Keystone Phone, Park 49-85 D ;] 



Cattie Brothers Co. 



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Philadelphia Tinning 

AND 

Galvanizing Cilorks 

ALiLi KINDS OF TINNING AND GAbVANlZING DONE 



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GEO, /I CLOPP 

Structural and 
Ornamental Iron M^orks 

Office and llWks 

J- /■/-/<^-2J-2j-2§ Filbei-t Street 

Philadelphia , Pa . 



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PHILADELPHIA 



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PHILADELPHIA 



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P.. Dawson, Pres. and Treas. F. A. Richter, Vice-Pres. B. H. Dawson, Sec. 





ESTABLISHED 1890 




NCORPORATED 1906 



J. R. DAWSON MFG. CO. 

1520-22-24 N. Palethorp St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

HOUSEHOLD AND OFFICE WIRE GOODS 

This business was established by J. R. Dawson in a small way and has grown to he 
the largest of its kind in this city if not in the country. 

Our Tin Plating is equal to any and excelled by none. 

Good goods at reasonable prices and square dealings with all is our motto. 

Many of our first customers are still with us. 

Does not this spealt well for our goods? 

Our goods can be found in nearly every city and town in the United States as well 
as in foreign countries. 

If interested in this line of goods it will pay you to write for our catalogue No. 18. 






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The Improved "IXL" Anti- 
Freezing Automatic Low-down 
Closet Combination 

WITH GALVANIZED TANK AND LID 

Guaranteed against freezing if properly set 
One of our leaders 

Simple No flush pipe No washers 

No fittings inside of tank 

Complete drainage of all water surfaces 

Quickly adjusted 

Fasten tank against wall, ready for use 

The FIRST low-down anti-freezing closet 

Plate 4-ixl— patent applied for 

Also we manufacture Air Compressors, Beer 

Pumps, Sewage Ejectors, Cellar Drainers, Water 

Lift Pumps, etc. 

SEND FOR CATALOGUE ] 

"IXL" PUMP AND MFG. CO. i 

PATENTEES AND MAKERS 

805 So. 1 1th St. 804 So. Clifton St. ; 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. ; 

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The firm of FRANK SAMUEL was established in Philadelphia in 1888, 
and is at present composed of FRANK SAMUEL and S. M. TOMLINSON, 
the latter having been taken into partnership in 1892. Branch offices have been 
established in Boston, New York and Pittsburg. 

The firm is at present the leading importers of Ferro Manganese, 
Spiegeleisen, Manganese and Iron Ores, at the port of Philadelphia. They 
have always made a specialty of handling large quantities of old material, and 
have had notable contracts, such as the handling of the entire Traction 
Company's conduits and rails, amounting to some 10,000 tons. They are 
contractors of old material with the Pennsylvania Railroad and other large 
Railroads centering in the east. 

They are also agents of Blast Furnaces, handling the output of Pig Iron, 
and furnishing the furnaces with Coke and Ores. 



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THE AUTOLIGHT AND MOTOR SUPPLY CO., Inc 

506-508 NORTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA 



GCORGC LEC THOMPSON. phcsioCnt 
JOSEPH A. JANNEY, Jn . TBEASURCn 



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Bell and I. telfphones 
KeystoneJ 



Link Belt 
Sprocket Wheels 



FRANK TOOMEY 

BOILERS, ENGINES 

MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES 
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 



The Largest Assortment of Modern Machinery 



SOLE AGENT FOR 

The C. & H. Automatic & Shde Valve Engines 

Troy Vertical, Stationary & Marine Engines 

Hoisting Engines, High Grade Horizontal, Vertical 

Locomotive & Marine Boilers, Reilly Steam Pumps 

Van Wie Centrifugal Water & Sand Pumps, Lathes 

Planers, Shapers, Drill Presses, Milling Machines 

Wood Working Machinery, etc. 



J 27-1 31 North Third St. 
Philadelphia 




This is the Philips Pressed Steel 
Pulley, manufactured at Fourth 
Street and Glenwood Avenue, 
Philadelphia, Pa., by the 
Philips Pressed Steel Pulley Works. 

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Price $1.50 


Philadelphia 



FRANK TYSON, Proprietor 
571 North Forty-fourth Street 

Phone, Preston 291 A 



Enterprise 
Cornice Works 

Copper and Galvanized Iron 

Cornices, Roofing and 

Metal Skylidhts 



4714 Market Street 
Philadelphia 



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Marshall Bros. (^ Co. 

One of the many l'hiladeli)hia firms that are 
well alono; in their second half of their century 
run is that of Marshall Brothers & Co., dealers in 
tin plate, sheet and plate iron and steel, with offices 
at No. 30 West Girard .\venuc. 

This old house, which has a record of seventy- 
two years of steadily increasing business, was 
founded by Caleb and John Marshall at Marshall- 
ton, Del., the product being sheet iron, of which 
there were but two manufacturers in the country 
at that time. 

In 1856 the works were removed to Philadel- 
jjhia which, to the progressive founders, presented 
a larger and better field for the extension of their 
already growing business. 

The two founders of the business died in the 
late eighties after relinquishing the business to Al- 
fred. Wilnier W., and J. Howard Marshall, sons 
of Caleb Marshall. 

In \Ht)() the manufacturing end of the business 
was sold to the American Tin Plate Company, 
since which time the firm has conducted a jobbing 
business in the lines previously manufactured. 

Alfred Marshall is the only survivor of the 
three brothers who successfully conducted the busi- 
ness for thirty years. Associated with him is Ed- 
ward T. Adams, who entered the firm in 1899, and 
S. Furmau Marshall, son of J. Howard Marshall, 
who acquired an interest in 1903, and under their 
able management the business has steadily increased 
until the house is recognized as one of the leaders 
in its line in the I'nited .States. 

Marshall brothers & Co.'s establishment is the 
scene of continuous business activity, and the his- 
tory of tlie firm is the record of seventy-two years 
of c instant ex[)ansion. consc(|uently the equipment 
of their plant is modern in every ])articular and 
the facilities for the conduct of their large business 
is most complete. 

In this city of i<\<\ and stanncli firms there 
are several in the connucrcial line that have for 
upwards of a century been conducted by members 
of the same family, but there are few in the in- 
dustrial line that have achieved this distinction, and 
none in any line that have preserved the prestige 
and reputation for business acumen and honesty 
always enjoyed by Marshall I'rothcrs and Co. 



John M. Walton 




Capl. Joliii M. Walton, City Cuntrullc.-. was born 
in Strotidsburg, Pa., in 1842, and was educated in the 
Moravian Schuol. Lititz. Pa. 

He came to Philadelphia after the War of the Re- 
bellion with his father, who was treasurer in the U. S. 
•Mint, and in 1S71 became second lieutenant in the 
Fourth U. S. Cavalry. Seven years later he was made 
first lieutenant and retired as captain through disabil- 
ity received in the service. 

Returning to this city he served in Councils from 
1882 until 1895. when he resigned to become city con- 
troller, a position to which he has been successively 
re-elected ever since. 

Capt. Walton is a member of the Union League, 
the Grand .\rniy of tlie Republic, the Society of Vet- 
erans of Indian \\'ars. the Masonic Fraternity, and 
several political organizations. 



1887 



1908 



DILLER.CASKEY&KEEN 

Enterprise Stove Works 

S. W. Cor, Sixth and Berks Sts 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Manufacturers of 

HARMONY RANGES 

HARMONY FURNACES 

and 

Jennings Patent Cast Iron Gutters, 

Roof Supports, Bench Fittings, 

Ventilating Machines, etc., 

for 

Greenhouse Construction 



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225TH ANNIVF.RSARV FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



REAL ESTATE 



From the caves and dug-outs of the i^ioneer 
settlers to the stately and palatial office building 
or modern residence is a transition far greater 
than the years taken for its accomplishment. 

The first settlement in Philadelphia before 
the founding of the city was at Dock Creek, where 
land that had been previously sold in England 
was allotted to the settler. A map of a prospec- 
tive city had been prepared, divided into "Lib- 
erties," and in one of these sections a lot was 
given presumabl}- to induce emigration. 

In just two hundred and twenty-five years 
some of these gift lots, considered of little value 
when allotted, were bringing $4000 per foot ! 
This will give some idea of the steady growth of 
realty values in Philadelphia and some concep- 
tion of the importance of the real estate business. 

This business, which represents the transfer 
of property worth hundreds of millions of dollars 
annually and gives employment to an army of 
men and women, has a history that dates from 
the time of Penn, for it was the proprietor him- 
self who, previous to setting sail for America on 
April ID, 1681, wrote to his kinsman, William 
Markham, who had preceded him, "to survey, set 
out, rent and sell lands." Thus was the business 
launched in Philadelphia, and in the intervening 
years it has grown to mammoth proportions. 

Penn's title to the ground on which Phila- 
delphia stands was granted to him by charter 
from King Charles II, but he intended to deal 
fair!}- with the Indians who occupied the land, 
and in 1681 he wrote to them saying "the King 
had given him a Province which he desired to oc- 
cupy with their love and respect." Later the 
tribes must have received some compensation, for 
there are in existence old deeds, not recorded, 
that convey the entire site of the city to Penn. 
A\'hat the tribes actuall}- received is not known, 
but as values are determined by demand and as 
demand was small in those days, the considera- 



tion must ha\-e been trifling. It is hard to make 
a comparison of values between the two periods, 
but it is safe to presume that the price of a 
Chestnut Street lot at present would at the time 
of settlement have bought the entire city proper. 

Broad and Market Streets, which is a good 
locality for comparison, was the site gf Centre 
Square on the plan made two and a quarter cen- 
turies ago and up to the time of the erection of the 
public buildings. L'pon this ground was erected, 
in 1685, a meeting-house, and from one of the early 
historians it is learned that "the meeting-house 
was jn a lonely spot in the forest, too far oflf for 
convenience, and was eventually deserted and 
allowed to go to ruin." Could a better illustra- 
tion of the increase in realty \'alues be given? 

A better comparison can be made with values 
twenty-five years ago and at the present time. 
In 1883 a merchant desired to negotiate a mort- 
gage on his Market Street property. The amount 
asked for was $150,000 and the brokers loaning 
the money were some time in deciding to take 
the mortgage. Figuratively, the active man ol 
the firm, who was considered an expert in his 
line, counted ever}' brick before the money was 
forthcoming. Less than twenty-five years after- 
wards the merchant borrowed $6,000,000 on the 
same property and there was not a question 
asked as to the security. Of course, the property 
had been improved in twenty-five years, but over 
$5,000,000 at least of the amount represented tne 
appreciation of value of the ground. 

Penn's statue on the tower stands over the 
very spot "that was too far ofif for convenience," 
and in an area that can be seen with the eye, 
overlooks millions and millions of dollars" worth 
of beautiful homes, palatial office buildings, com- 
modious mills, and handsome mercantile struct- 
ures, and only two centuries removed from a 
wilderness through which the Indians roamed. 



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J. M. Gutnmey £? Sons 

In 1867 the offices of the firm were removed 
to No. 733 Walnut Street, which location was 
maintained for thirty-nine years, and it was here 
that this old and conservative firm, that had be- 
come a landmark in the business, experienced 
some of the most successful years in its career. 

In 1872 tiie firm sustained a great loss in the 
death of its founder, John M. Gummey, to whose 
untiring energy and extensive business knowl- 
edge its success was largely due. 

In 1895 James McF. Gummey was admitted 
to the firm, and two years later George S. Gum- 
mey acquired an interest. In 1898 Charles F. 
The real estate firm of J. M. Gummey and (iummey, who had been active in the business for 
Sons was established si.xty years ago, and during thirty-sexen years, died, sincerely mourned by all 
that period it has built up a reputation for pro- who ever had business dealings with him. In 
gressiveness and integrity second to none in the 1903 Henry R. Gummey withdrew from the part- 
city, nership and the following year George S. Gum- 

_, , , , , , . T . -> f ""-'V rcliri-'d from membership. 

1 he founder of the business was John Ai. 

Gummey. who first located at No. 8 South Seventh During the latter part of this period the city 

Street, and who marked out a line of procedure was awakening to new conditions. The retail 

that had for its basis unswerving honesty of pur- and general business was moving westward, 

pose and absolute loyalty to those who entrusted and while property in some of the streets near the 

their business to him. This course brought a Delaware River had depreciated, values were 

large volume of business which was executed ajipreciably increasing all over the city and record 

with the painstaking care for which Mr. Gummey jjrices were being made near Broad Street, so 

soon became known. His ready grasp of every that the firm of J. M. Gummey & Sons, which for 

detail of the business brought him much in re- ^7 years had kept abreast of the times, decided 

quest in appraisements, and his efforts contributed to move with the current, and handsome quarters 

greatly towards the improvement of local realty were secured at the northeast corner of Broad 

values, particularly in the heart of the city. and Walnut Streets. 

In 1852 Thomas A. (iunnney was admitted < 'n May ist of this year the firm w^as incor- 

to the firm, which, though in existence but four jjorated, James McF. Gummey becoming Presi- 

years, was considered one of the inost prominent dent, and the board consisting of Herman Hoopes, 

agencies in the city. The business still continued .\rcliil)al(l (1. I'honison, John D. Taylor and Wil- 

to grow rapidly, and in 1856 larger quarters were liam Macdonald, and will continue to transact a 

secured at No. 148 South Fourth Street, and two general real estate brokerage business as a cor- 

years later these quarters were found inadec|uate poration on the same lines as during the past 

tor the increasing business, and the firm secured sixty years. 

what was then considered commodious offices at .,,, , . r ^1 u r /- 1 

-, -.ir , r- ...... I fie liusmess of the house of Gummev has 

.No. S20 Walnut Street, and added to their regular , , . ..1 i- . . .1 , 1' . 
, .■ , , r , • • , ahvavs been strictly confined to the sale and rent- 
business the sale of real estate at auction in the ■ ' c , ^ ^ , ,. • • 1 , 
,„.,,,,. „ , mg of real estate, and the experience gained bv 
rhiladelphia Lxchange. ■ ' , , . . •, , , ^ ,, ,' 
' '^ Its long years of service is available to those who 

In 1861 Henry R. Gummey and Charles F. are purchasers or sellers, owners or tenants, and 

Gummey were admitted to the firm, and two years the fairness which has always marked its rela- 

later Thomas A. Gummey, who had been one of tions in dealing with these two classes is the main 

the partners for eleven years, withdrew in order reason why it still exists and still occupies a prin- 

to devote his entire time to the practice of law. cipal place in realty circles. 

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Harry Ellenberg 



The real estate business has no more indefatigable 
worker than Harry Ellenberg, who has labored assidu- 
ously to raise values and improve realty conditions in the 
northern section of the city. The result of this persistent 
effort has been the converting of barren tracts into at- 
tractive home sites, the building of commodious dwellings 
and a steady increase in population due to improved 
conditions. 

Property in the section has accordingh' advanced in 
value, and as a result of his labors, Mr. Ellenberg enjoys 
a lucrative business, having the reputation of handling his 
client's business with an honesty of purpose that is appre- 
ciated by buyer and seller alike. 

Mr. Ellenberg, who has been aptly termed the "'North 
Philadelphia hustler,'' is located at No. 3543 Germantown 
Avenue, in a building newly constructed and especially 
fitted up for the expeditious handling of his large selling 
and renting business. 

While more especially interested in the North Phila- 
delphia section, Mr. Ellenberg's business extends through- 
out the entire city, and he figures in many real estate trans- 
actions in other localities, and in addition has a large 
renting list, to which he gives his personal attention. 

Besides his real estate and insurance business Mr. 
Ellenberg is very largely interested in many building and 
loan associations as officer, director and stockholder. 



WHITESIDE & McLANAHAN 

M. HAWLEY McLANAHAN 



Real Estate 
Agents and 
Brokers j^^ 



N. W. Cor. Fifteenth and Pine Streets 



FOUNDED 1864 



Established 1876 



J. T. Jackson Frederick T. Haines Warren J. Hainrs 



J. T. JACKSON ^ CO. 
Eeal fetate JProfeerg 

Chestnut and Thirteenth 

Southeast Corner 

Philadelphia 



RENTS SALES MORTGAGES 
Etc. 



ESTABLISHED 1886 



W. BRUCE BARROW 



REAL ESTATE 


FACTORIES 


AND LARGE 


BUILDINGS 


A SPECIALTY 



130 NORTH TWELFTH STREET 
PHILADELPHIA 



Expert in the Appraisement of Properties 
Jor Receivers, Trusts, Executors, etc. Horse 

Power Calculated. 



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JOSEPH F. M. BALDI 
Treasurer 



V. A. BALDI 

Secretary 



C. C. A. BALDI BROS. (^ CO. 



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Mortgatges Negotia-ted 
Houses Bought and Sold 

Esta-tes Managed 

Bell Telephone, Walnut 6-97 



Money Loa-ned 

Rents and Interest Collected 



Keystone Telephone, Main 14-16 



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3talian Cxcftange panb 

Foreigrx Money Bought and Sold 

Representa-tives of Banco Di Napoli. Italy 



Bell Telephone, Walnut 4-89 



Keystone Telephone, Main 15-90 



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John Megraw 




No one man in the entire city has done as 
much in real estate development and added so 
materialh' to Philadelphia's fame as the "City of 
Homes" as John Megraw. 

The section west of the Schuylkill is, he 
claims, the "garden spot of the world," and it is 
there he has labored to create a neighborhood of 
beautiful homes. 

During the last twelve years Mr. IMegraw 
has erected 3000 houses at a cost of $12,000,000. 
and has had as high as 1183 workmen in his 
employ at one time. 

He is to-day the owner of more real estate 
in ^^'est Philadelphia than any other one man in 
the city. 

In his creation of the home beautiful Mr. 
Megraw has taken man}' barren sections and con- 
verted them into most desirable sites. In so 
doing he has opened and dedicated to the city, 
free of charge, over four miles of streets, making 
residential sections that are the handsomest in 
the cit}'. 

Mr. Megraw is a firm beliex'er in West Phila- 
delphia's future. He has a handsome home there, 
and points with pride to the steady increase in 
realty values. It is the most accessible of all the 
suburban sections, and he is confident that no 
one can make a mistake in buying there. The 
elevated road brings the extreme western limit of 
the city within a few minutes of the business 
centre, and values must go on increasing daily as 
every a\-ailable foot of idle ground will soon be 
occupied. 

Mr. Megraw stakes his reputation, based on 
twelve years of building experience, on the wis- 
dom of this statement. He has offices at No. 407 
Land Title Building, No. 1547 South Fifty-third 
Street and Xo. 5207 Baltimore Avenue, with a 
competent staf¥ of salesmen to show the public 
his beautiful homes. 



Howard B. Wilson & Co. 

A widely known uptown real estate broker- 
age office is the firm of Howard B. Wilson & Co. 
(succeeding William H. Kennedy & Co.), located 
at No. 2122 Germantown Avenue. The office 
has been in practically the same location, "Cohock- 
sink," for the past twenty-five years, and during 
that period has handled some of the largest trans- 
actions uptown. 

The collection of rents and management of 
properties for clients is its specialtv. 

Another branch of its business which has 
been of especial benefit to that section of our city 
is the mortgage department — in assisting home- 
buyers by arranging for loans on first and second 
mortgages, both from individuals and Building 
and Loan Associations. This branch is no longer 
restricted to the northern districts, but is now 
extended throughout the city. 

Howard B. Wilson, of the firm, is a member 
of the Bar. and the preparation of legal papers, 
the care of estates, and all matters requiring a 
knowledge of the law are given his personal 
attention. 



ROBERT M. CATTS 



REAL ESTATE 



TRUST FUNDS 



MORTGAGES 



CONA^EYANCING 



300-301 LAND TITLE BUILDING 



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Henry Di Berardino 




Henry Di Berardino, proniinerit in real estate and 
banking circles, was born in Abruzzi, Italy, October 7, 
1877. and received his education in the schools of his 
native town and those in this country whicli he later 
attended. 

Before attaining his majority he was made manager 
of the foreign exchange department of a Boston banking 
house, and after familiarizing himself with the business 
came to Philadelphia, where, with his brothers, he 
founded the banking house of Di Berardino Brothers. 

In 1905 he withdrew from the firm and started in 
the real estate business, taking offices at Xo. 723 Walnut 
Street, where he is still located. 

Mr. Di Berardino is a director in the Federal Trust 
Company, Broad and Federal Streets, of which he was 
one of the original organizers and incorporators. He is 
married and lives in Tioga. 



Edward M. Moll 




Kdward M. Moll, prominent in real estate circles, was 
born in this city. After leaving school he entered the office 
of an uptown real estate dealer. After mastering every 
detail of the business, during a service of fourteen years, 
he became a member of the firm. During the five years he 
remained a partner he materially aided in largely increas- 
ing the business. One year ago the partnership was dis- 
solved and Mr. Moll took offices in the Franklin Building. 
Twelfth and Walnut Streets, where he conducts a general 
real estate, conveyancing and insurance business. 

Mr. Moll's specialty is "quick money," it being pos- 
sible w^ith his system of quick search to apply for a mort- 
gage and receive the money the same day. He has a 
record of an application made at two o'clock in the after- 
noon and the receipt of the money by the applicant before 
the close of business hours. Mr. Moll is also secretary 
and solicitor of eight or ten building associations. 



HENRY J, WALTER 



SECRETARY 



TEN BUILDING 



ASSOCIATIONS 



1218 CHESTNUT STREET 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



CHARLES C. WHITE CHRISTIAN E. WHITE 

5441 HAVERFORD AVE. 6500 LANSDOWNE AVE. 

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5441 MAVEUFOUI) AVENUE 
PHILADELPHIA. PA. 

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FOOD PRODUCTS 



, Gigantic tasks are sometimes easily over- 
come if no previous thouglit is given to their mag- 
nitude; for if no attention is paid to an obstacle 
it ceases to inspire fear and is more readily van- 
quished. 

What would appear an almost appalling un- 
dertaking, were it given thought commensurate 
with its proportions, is the feeding of this city's 
immense population. In times of war we have 
read of an army of one hundred thousand men 
and of the difSculty a thoroughly equipped gov- 
ernment, with unlimited means and perfect ma- 
chinery, had in feeding the men. Yet, in this city 
of a million and a half, many times greater than 
some of the world's most famous armies, the feed- 
ing process goes on endlessly without friction of 
any kind, and, what is more surprising, with no 
apparent effort. 

This is because the purveyors who constitute 
the commissary of the city never stop to think of 
the herculean task they are daily performing ; of 
the elaborate system developed by the constantly 
increasing demand, or the productive territory 
that lies within easy access — a territory of al- 
most unlimited resources which produces enough 
for local needs and has something over to ship to 
other points. 

There is probably no section in the country 
so well equipped for the production of food and 
so capable of self-sustenance as Philadelphia and 
the nearby counties. 

Many counties in eastern Pennsvlvania have 
fine grazing lands which produce an extra quality 
of beef ; while those devoted to wheat and other 
grains furnish the mills located here with the ma- 
terial that goes into flour and cereal foods. The 
farmer within a radius of fifty miles finds it pro- 
fitable to market his products here, and over the 
roads leading to Philadelphia pass an almost end- 
less line of wagons loaded with the produce from 
his productive soil. Every railroad entering the 
city brings carload after carload of farm products 
in season, and every conceivable form of sailing 
vessel on the Delaware River transports fruits, 
vegetables and other eatables from the States 



contiguous to its shores. Fish and oyster boats 
come by hundreds with every conceivable variety 
of food from the sea and its tidewater tributaries. 

Like the roads, which all lead to Rome, so 
do these many avenues lead to the commission 
merchant and wholesale dealer, who with their 
corps of skilful assistants are ready to dispose of 
anything that may be in demand by the people. 

In thousands of homes the prayer "Give us 
this day our daily bread," is said without thought 
of the labor required in the fulfilment of the re- 
quest. The world is contented when it awakens 
for the morning meal and gives no thought to the 
army of tired men that has labored throughout 
the night, and, fairy-like, brought the things 
wished for. The men who perform these seeming 
miracles leave their beds at one o'clock in the 
morning and, receiving the foodstuffs from the 
various sources, commence the work of distribu- 
tion to feed the hungry hordes for the ensuing 
twenty-four hours. When the daylight workers, 
after a day of labor, trudge by their places of 
business, they have disappeared, and thus the 
world remains in ignorance of how it is fed. But 
it would pay this unthinking public to investigate 
a little — to go forth at early dawn and look at 
the markets before they have been devastated, 
for in no city in the country is there a finer dis- 
play. The great distributing centres at Thirtieth 
and Market Streets, Water and Dock Streets, and 
Delaware Avenue and Vine Street fairly teem 
with the best of the country's product, while the 
merchants along Dock, Front and Water Streets, 
and onYine and New Market Streets, have in the 
early morning hours a display of good things that 
is worth a few hours' loss of sleep to see. 

The market for fish and oysters is also a 
scene of daily activity, and the various market- 
houses scattered about the city, more particularly 
the one at the Reading Terminal, have appetizing 
assortments of everything edible. 

The market-houses are daylight displays, but 
as the entire story of the city's feeding cannot be 
learned from them, it is probable the public wi'l 
sleep on and remain ignorant. 



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R. S. POMEROY 
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W. J. McCAHAN, JR. 
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JAMES M. McCAHAN 
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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



WILLIAM WEINERT &. COMPANY 

Commission Mercliants 

S. W. Corner Front and Vine Streets S. W. Corner Second and Dock Streets 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



\ Fancy Fruits and Vegetables from 
all Parts of the Globe 



Best Brands Florida and California 
Citrus Fruits 



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Best Brands ROCKY FORD Cantaloupes 



Correspondence requested and shipments 
solicited from all parts of the United States 



Cable Address Weinert 




William Weinert & Company have been established in business for the 
last twenty-six years, in which time the firm has carried on a general fruit 
and produce commission business, handling goods from all parts of the country. 
Their i)lace of business is advantageously situated, being within a stone's throw 
of the most important transportation companies" receiving and distributing 
X stations and the fruit auction companies. Their main office is located at the 
I southwest corner of Front and Vine Streets, with stores at the latter place 
* and Second and Dock Streets. The California office of this concern is in Los 
Angeles, and they have business connections in every market of importance in 
the Linited States. 



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OFFICIAI. U ISlciUICAI. SOrVF.XIR 

Stephen Thurber 




riiiiisyh ania is celeliratcd as a tine farm and 
dairvint;' State, especially the cnunties adjacent 
to Philadelphia, and its dairy products, notably 
the print butter, are the standard of excellence in 
the markets of the I'nited States. 

There are a number of houses in the city 
which make a specialty of this delectable neces- 
sity, chief among' which may be mentioned the 
produce commission house of Stephen Thurber, 
of I02 Vine Street. 

Mr. Thurber, founder of the business, was 
born in this city in 1870 and was educated in the 
public schools here. During; vacation periods his 
time was spent on a farm, where he gained a vast 
amount of knowledge of farm and dairy products 
which has been of much \alne to him in his busi- 
ness life. 

His active training was received in the pro- 
duce house of J. L. Jordan, now deceased, who 
was at one time a leader in the trade. Later he 
was made manager of the butter and egg depart- 
ment of the J. 1'. Moyer Co., one of the leading 
produce commission houses of the city. 

About fourteen years ago he decided to em- 
bark in the business on his own account and 
started in a modest way. His vast experience and 
acquaintance with buyers in all sections brought 
him a large trade from the start and this has 
steadily increased until it re(|uires several teams 
to supjily the local trade alone. 

Mr. Thurber is an ex])ert in butter and not 
only handles the product of nearby creameries, 
but reaches into every good ]iasturage countv in 
the adjoining States and conse(|uently secures a 
fair share of the best butter made in the middle 
and nearby western States. 

Mr. Thurber also handles large quantities ot 
eggs and gets the product from all the States 
within the safe s]iip])ing distance rif the city. 
which insures a high-grade product. 

In addition he does an extensive l)nsiness in 
domestic and im[)orte(l cheese, handling only the 
finest grades, such as New York State creamery 
and the best the foreign markets afford. 



lie occupies the entire building at 102 \'ine 
Street, having several floors comi)letely filled up 
with the most modern refrigerating and cold 
storage apparatus for the proper handling of the 
goods. 

The superior facilities and connections con- 
trolled by ]\Ir. Thurber are widely recognized and 
direct relations are maintained with the leading 
sources of supply, as a result of which he is en- 
abled to meet the largest demands promptly and 
efficiently rendering most valuable service to 
both shippers and buyers and. being in close 
touch with all the markets of the country, is en- 
abled at all times to quote the lowest prices con- 
sistent with hi.gh quality goods. 

The \'alue of the experience gained bv .Mr. 
Thurber"s long apprenticeshi]) untler two of the 
best firms that ever did a commission business in 
Philadelphia, is apparent in the conduct of his 
business. Everything is personally supervised 
by him and no detail of the business is too small 
for his attention. His early training on the farm 
has also been helpful to him and these, in addition 
ti-) a natural bent for the business and an intuitive 
faculty for gauging the markets has led to his 
success. 

There is no house on the street that stands 
liiglur with shippers of produce or the buyers 
thereof. His treatment of the consignor is al- 
ways just and he treats his customers with cour- 
tesy and consideration, thereliy ac<|uiring a popu- 
larity with both classes. 

Mr. Thurber has lieen a niemi)er of the Pro- 
duce Exchange for many years and a number of 
f>ther fraternal and social organizations. 

I lis wiiK- ac(|uainlance and ]iopularity in the 
commission business led to his selection as chair- 
man of the I'lUtter and Egg Committee of Found- 
ers" Week and he gave much time and attentitm 
to the position and rendered efficient aid to the 
General Committee to make the celebration a 
success. 



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(Name Registered August 7, 1906, U. S. Patent Office) 

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General Produce Commission 



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Butter and Egg 
Commission Merchants 



No. 8 SOUTH WATER STREET 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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for the Campaign of 1908 
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1st Plank : — A square deal for every customer. All goods 
guaranteed to be as represented and to give 
entire satisfaction or returnable at our expense. 

2d Plank : — Purity of all goods handled. Uniformity of 
quality. Full weight. Prompt service. 

3cl Plank : — Prices (ba.sed on daily wholesale markets) as 

low as it is possible to make them without 

sacrificing our standard of quality. Goods 

sold on a basis of weekly settlement. 

Having the facilities, the goods, the right prices, we 

solicit your business if our platform looks good to you and 

you are dissatistied with your present supply of Butler, 

Eggs and Cheese. 

Get in communication with us at once, we .shall be 

glad to take up the matter with you, (]Uote prices, etc. 



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Philadelphia 



ESTABLISHED 18?2 
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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



The Atlantic Fruit Company 

Importers of Bananas 
and other Tropical Fruits 

MAIN OFFICE 

CALVERT BUILDING. BALTIMORE. MD. 

Division Offices 

New York. Baltimore and Philadelphia 



James Sawyers 



From the stand])! )iiit of ])rogres.siveiiess this 
Coni])any is ]>niniiiicnt : altliiniL;!i hut fmir years 
old it has surged ahead to the position of second 
in importance in the United States. 

They are ncnv operating sixteen steamships 
between tropical ])oints and the States, which 
business continues the year round, and during the 
winter months all divisions continue with no less 
than eight ships in the service. 

.^urticient of these steamers to keep a continu- 
ous service Ijetween Baltimore and Jamaica, and 
Pliiladel]ihia and Jamaica, are of the .\i ty]X' and 
ei|ui]ii)ed for ])assengers, operating un(kr an i t\\ciU\' men on llic road and in llie 



James Sawyers was Ixini in W'est- 
nioreland, lui^land, and caiiir to I'liiladel- 
phia in 1S7J, sectirin^' a posilinn willi the 
Xiirth I^onns\lvania Railroad C'oni])any, 
wliich Ik- held lor three vears, and 
resjo-ned to start husiness for himself. 

His first \-entiire was in a small way, 
on Xorth Water Street, ;ind then to 
still Larmier (|tianers: hnt his hiisiness 
grew hevond his e.\])eotation, ami when 
the West rhil;idel]>hia Market o])ened 
he leased the stores Xos. _'<),V'. -\)?i^ 
and ?j)-[0 Market Street, where he does 
a larLje general wholesale .and johhing 
l)ro(luee hn'-iness, emnlo\'inL;' a foree of 



American license. 

The ])oints at which their su])])ly of fruit is 
obtained are princi])ally the Island nf Jamaica. 
l)oth north an<l snuth sides, where they own and 
o]jcrate ])lanlatiiins : as also frnm the jitirts of 
Baracoa, Sama. and Sagua de 'lanamo. Cuba, 
at wdiich latter ]inrt they are also interested in 
large ])lantations. 

'J'heir importations during the last fiscal year 
were 4,850,000 bunches of bananas, and nver two 
and a lialf million cocoainits, together with a great 
many oranges, gra])e fruit and limes: an<l with 
increased facilities an<l impmved e(|nipment the 
present year the impdrtatiuns are exi)ected to ex- 
ceed tliese amiiunts, and the t'iim])any m;iintain 
its i)lace in the frmit ranks. 



Stores. 

Mr. Sawvers' success is due to the 
(|uick gras]) of the details ai the husiness, 
which he entered without any ex|ierienee. 
and lii> courteous treatment of all with 
whoiu he comes in eoulacl. The resttlt is 
a high re])Utation with the trade and the 
shi|)])ers with whoui he does htisiness. 

Mr. .^awver> is a memher o| the 
Masonic I'raternity and (d' the .Sons of 
St. (le<irge, in hoih of which he takes 
great interesl ;ind i^ corres])ondingly 
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S. E. Corner Sixth and Market Streets 

Founding of the Ice Cream Business in America 

The first plate of ice Cream was serred at the inaugural dinner of President Washington on the Fourth of March 
1793, at his residence as above depicted. 

From this introduction it has boomed to present enormous proportions. 

S. R. & S. W. KENNEDY, 28-30 South Water Street 

Founders of the Cream, Evaporated Cream and Condensed Milk Business in Philadelphia, also 
Proprietors of the ORIGINAL GOLD MEDAL BRAND BUTTER 



We are not as old as 
the City of Philadelphia, but 
Litter's Ice Cream is as well 
known for its purity and 
wholesomeness, as the City 
of Philadelphia for its age. 



LIFTER ICE CREAM CO. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

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FACTORY 
American and Gaskill Streets 




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OFFICIAI, II ISTORUAL SOl-VKXIR 



William V. Silver ^ Co. 



Robert McCaulley 



The lusi-ious banana, wliicli liad no place at tlie 
feast of Luciilliis. but which would have added to that 
gourmand's reputation by its presence, has no more 
skilful handlers in this city than the firm of Wjlliam 
V. Silver & Co.. wli.)se plant at No. _>5<S North 1-ront 
Street is equipped with every modern apparatus for 
ripening the fruit and preserving its delicate flavor. 

The lirni .if William \'. Silver & Co. was estab- 
lished in ]S<jo for the purpose of giving the consumer 
a better grade v' fruit than had previously been sold, 
and to this end no expense was spared in perfecting 
a maturing plant for various kinds of fancy fruit. 

The lirm was also the pioneer in the use of ice 
to keep the product in fine condition, and the fifteen 
years of study along these lines hav.e made Messrs. 
Silver & Co. the leaders in their line, and prominent 
with buyers in all the Eastern States, in which they 
do a large business. 

Their li>cal trade is also large and the firm is rated 
second to none in its line. 



J. C. Brumfield 

The fruit interests of riiiladeli)hia constitute an 
important factor of its business activities, this being 
recognized as one of the leading markets of the country 
and the distributing point for a largely populated terri- 
tory. 

Foremost among those engaged in this important 
line is J. C. Brumfield. .\'o. 406 New Market Street. 

Mr. Brumfield succeeded to the business of J. W. 
Moore in 1898, and since that time has built up an ex- 
tensive business. 

lie makes a specialty of bananas, and having been 
long identified with the business has gained an experi- 
ence that enables him to meet every demand of the 
trade with promptness and ofTer the best grade of the 
fruit at the lowesi market prices. 

.Mr. Brumfield gives personal supervision to his 
growing business and lias built up an enviable reputa- 
tion for fair dealing and handling the choicest grades 
of fruit obtainable. 



The produce trade, that very necessary adjunct 
to a large city, has no nmre prominent and active 
member than Robert McCaulley, whose large estab- 
lishment at No. 156 Dock Street is the daily scene <if 
bustling activity. 

Mr. .McCaidley has been identilled willi the pro 
duce business for more than fifteen years, and tlu 
knowledge gained by that long experience is of ines- 
timable value both to shipper and buyer. The present 
store has been occupied by Mr. .McCaulley for about 
ten years, and is especially handy and well-equipped 
for the handling of melons and potatoes, of which he 
makes a specialty and in which line he is conceded to 
be the largest jobber in the city. 

Mr. McCaulley is a prominent member of the 
National League of Commission Merchants, and en- 
joys the respect and confidence of the entire trade on 
account of his straightforward dealings, up-to date 
business methods, and the attention to detail which he 
personally gives to every branch of his large Imsiness. 



A. J. M. MURDOCH H. S. PENNYPACKER 

TELEPHONES 
Bell Lombard 1258 Keystone Main 45-40 D 

A. J. M. MURDOCH fe? CO. 

COMMISSION MERCHANTS 

SPECIALTIES : EGGS. BUTTER. POULTRY. &c. 



1900 



Nos. 40-42 S. Water St. 
Philadelphia 



1908 



This tirni was or.i»anized 1900 by A. j. M. iMurclinh. 
a Scotchman by birth, who came to this country a 
poor boy in 1SS7. Mr. Murdoch hesan business with 
Sioo.ooand agood sound, stmni; conslinitiou. He rented 
an office at 40-42 .South Water Street for which he paid 
in rendering additional services by hard work and 
keeping books for another firm who occupieil the same 
premises. In 1901 lie bought out the fixtures, etc., of 
the other firm and acted for himself entirely. He was 
his own s<.)llcltor for sliqimeiits of eg^s, butter, etc., 
salesman, ship(Hng clerk and general all ruiiml work- 
man By 1902 he was in need of elficieiit help ami 
aclmilteil to partnership Mr. Henry S. IV-nnypacker. a 
\iiuiig man of good habits ami full of ambition ami ability 
to hustle. He added 52,000.00 to their cajiital and they 
continued to increase their business until to-tiay they 
are recognized as a reliable wholesale egg house, 
doing a very large business, especially in strictly fine 
iresh CKKS all the year round. 

This firm are the owners of the famous "Spring Hill 
Farm Eggs" registered and sold by grocers in one 
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The C. G. Justice Company 

The C. G. Justice Company, located at 123 
Dock Street, this city, stands deservedly well at the 
top among the largest and most widely known 
wholesale receivers and distributers of domestic 
fruits and vegetables in the eastern market section. 

The present firm, consisting of I. D. Sayre, \V. 
E. Spruance, Jr., and J. Lorenzo Johnson, succeeded 
to the business, which was originally established in 
1871, and in their hands, through able administra- 
tion of its affairs in the several departments of 
securing, handling and disposing of large quanti- 
ties of merchandise of this particular line, the firm's 
volume of business has made a most creditable show- 
ing of increase from year to year, and of a char- 
acter satisfactory alike to themselves and to their 
customers. 

This merited success finds its reason in the uni- 
form promptness, attention and careful considera- 
tion exercised in the handling to the best possible 
advantage every item passing through their hands, 
as well as in the fundamental intelligence and knowl- 
edge of the business gained by years of experience. 

No firm has a better standing or reputation for 
ability, integrity and fairness in business relations 
and associations than the present proprietors of The 
C. G. Justice Company. They are also prominent 
members of The National League of Commission 
]\Ierchants of the United States, an association com- 
posed of the leading firms in the business. 



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PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. 



Bernhard Ernst 




To satisfactorily cater to man's gastronomic 
needs has been the aim of Bernhard Ernst. How 
well he has succeeded is best proved by a sight of 
the large warehouse and smokery, located in the 
rear of 2907 to 2941 North Marshall Street, which 
his growing industry has made necessary. This 
plant, one of the most modern and best ecjuipped of 
its kind in the country, turns out, besides smoked 
fish of all kinds, boiled hams and tongues, and 
chipped dried beef, and devotes considerable space to 
wholesale customers, who are helping increase the 
output of salted and pickled fish. 

J\lr. Ernst, founder of the business, was born 
in Baden, Germany, in 1858, coming to this coun- 
try when sixteen years of age, and first finding 
employment in New York City. He went West in 
1876, returning in 1878, and became salesman for 
a wholesale fish house. For eight years he held 
this position, gathering information that was to be 
of great help later on. fn 1886 he came to Phila- 
delphia and started on his own account. He had 
vast experience and a determination to succeed. 
He has built up a large business with trade connec- 
tions in many sections of the country. 

fn the interest of sports, ]\lr. Ernst was the 
organizer and is now president of the Porter's Lake 
Hunting and Fishing Club, of Pike County, Pa. 
He is a director of fntegrity Trust Company, a 
member of the Connnercial Exchange, Trades 
League, American Sportsmen, State Fish Protec- 
tive Association, and of all the foremost German 
social and beneficial .societies. Mr. Ernst, in Feb- 
ruary, 1906, was elected to Select Council by the 
unanimous vote of the Forty-third Ward. 



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COMMISSION MERCHANTS 



Fruits and Vegetables 



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Among foods, pork figures prominently, contributing 
as it does many products of an appetizing nature. 

Prominent in this line is the old-established house of 
George Hausmann & Sons, whose plant is located at Fifty- 
first Street and Westminster Avenue. This firm is one of 
the largest engaged in this line of business in this section 
of the country and its establishment is equipped with the 
latest and most modern appliances for sanitary packing and 
complete refrigerating plants for the cooling and preserva- 
tion of the product. 

Only the best stock is used, and in addition to the 
personal care given every detail by a member of the firm, 
quality and cleanliness are further assured by the presence 
of United States Government inspectors. 



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IRWIN N. MEGARGEE ^ CO., Inc. 

12 and 14 So. Sixth Street 

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H. H. Geilfuss' Son 

'Ihe business of H. H. 
Geilfuss' Son, manufacturer 
of ornamental confec- 
tionery at 1 202 \'ineSt. , 
was established in 1862 
ly Herman H. Geilfuss, 
who came to this country 
from Osnalirueck, Ger- 
man)', with his father in 
1S46. 

He continued the busi- 
ness until 1900, when he 
was succeeded by his sons, 
William F. and I'hilip J. Geilfuss, the latter being 
sole proprietor since the death of William F. Geilfuss. 
The goods manufactured are cake ornaments, pan- 
orama eggs and novelties for banquets and all holidays, 
which find a sale over the entire United States. 



Holmes £? Clark 







Frank P. Clark 

Otic of ilif leading firms doing business at the West 
Philadcipliia Stock Yards is that of Holmes & Clark, who 
arc engaged in the live stock commission business. 

The house was established in 1884 for the sale of cattle, 
sheep, lambs, calves and hogs. FVank P. Clark is now 
the head of the business and its active director. 

By hard work, careful management and knowledge 
gained by years of experience tlie business has grown 
to large proportions and the firm is now among the leaders 
in its line, enjoying a high reputation with shipper and 
purchaser. Mr. Clark with his corps of experienced 
salesmen in each department look after the receipt and 
sale of all consignments. 



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Poultry, Etc. 

Hotels, Restaurants, Institutions, Caterers 

and High Class Boarding House Trade 

Supplied. Prompt Setvice. 

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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS 



One of the most marked of Philadelphia's 
many features in the real estate market is the dis- 
tribution of ownership of its thousands of homes 
among people of moderate means. It is to this 
fact that the building interests of the city owe the 
unparalleled expansion of the last fifteen years. 

,-\. trip westward on the elevated trains makes 
this mammoth growth plainly apparent. Here in 
one of the largest of the many sections of the city 
recently developed can be seen miles of two-story 
dwellings, mostly owned by their occupants, where 
but a few years ago were vacant lots. Thousands 
of these houses are being erected each year, and 
thousands of new owners annually acquire personal 
interest in the city's welfare. 

The builder is encouraging this desire for 
ownershi]), and each succeeding year brings a better 
quality of houses and more of them, yet the demand 
never seems to be satisfied. One of the many 
large operators erecting dwellings for those of 
moderate means stated recently that he had con- 
structed three thousand houses in the last twelve 
years and had sold them all, not in rows or pairs, 
but to individual purchasers who were investing in 
a home. 

There is probably no city in the Union where 
so many workers own their own homes. This is 
due to the liberal terms ofTered by builders, and 
partly to the habit of saving and the desire for 
ownership fostered by the building and loan asso- 
ciation, which, in its perfected form, was first de- 
veloped here. 

In every section of the city is seen the work of 
the men who build to keep up with the rapidly 
growing population. No part of the city is too re- 
mote or too unattractive for improvement. Farms, 
truck patches and waste lands have disappeared 
year after year until an almost continuous chain of 
homes, numbering over 275,000, extends over the 
city's I2Q square miles of area. 

The cause of this large increase in dwellings 
is, of course, due to the growth of manufacturing 
and commercial houses, and here again the work of 
the builder shows improvement and expansion. In 
the business centre the large stores and warehouses 



of everv description show the skill of the present- 
day designer and builder. In these the most im- 
proved methods of construction have been used and 
the structures compare with any buildings erected 
for like purposes anywhere in this country or 
abroad. They are monuments of honest and con- 
scientious workmanship. 

This advance in construction is also shown in 
the mammoth industrial plants recently erected 
here. There are probably a score of firms execut- 
ing this work, all capable and well equipped, who 
are making life more endurable to the laborer by 
putting up a new class of factory buildings, where 
much study has been given to sanitary conditions. 

While these builders have been working to 
erect homes and workshops, the contractor for 
street and sewer work has not been idle. In the 
making of a house convenient and a city beautiful 
both of these are prominent figures, for while one 
has been delving in the earth to make home a sani- 
tary spot the other has been at work improving the 
highways, until over seven hundred miles of mod- 
ern paving have been laid, and parks and play- 
grounds in the crowded city beautified. 

It can readily be seen that building and con- 
tracting are here more important than any other 
industry, employing as they do more skilled and 
unskilled laborers than any other line, and repre- 
senting more invested capital, which is raiiidly in- 
creasing each year. 

It used to be said that Philadelphia hail plenty 
of room to spread and that extremely tall buildings 
\yould not be necessary for years to come, but with 
nearly every available foot of ground built upon, it 
looks as if the centre of the city would shortly have 
to figure and plan for perpendicular expansion. 

The work of the building trades has created 
not only a beautiful city, but a city of homes, for it 
seems as much attention, proportionately, has been 
paid to the dwelling of the workingman as to that 
of his rich employer, and the modest cost has re- 
moved the necessity of living in courts and tene- 
ments like many of the workers in other large cit- 
ies, where air and light are scarce and grass and 
shrubbery seldom seen. 



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H. A. McCLEMAN & BRO. 

General Contractors 

Excavations f Grading, Stone cMasonry 
Cement Work, Seijoers 

Dealers 

Lime, Sand, Cement, etc. 



Juniper Street and Moyamensing Avenue 
Philadelphia 



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Contracting Teamsters 



Light and Heavy Hauling 



Juniper Street and Moyamensing Avenue 
Philadelphia 



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I ETTER ERECTING COMPANY, Inc. 



CONTRACTORS 




Market Street Elevated Eailway, for Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company 
Ereeted by Etter Erecting Company 



LET US FIGURE 
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Address all 

Communications to 

Camden Office 

Third and Lemon Sts 

ETTER ERECTING 
COMPANY, Inc. 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Shopa, Camden, N. J. 



For the furnishing and 
erection of Bridges, 
Buildings. Structural 
Steel, Iron and Wood 
Work ^ 

Skilled Mechanics 
Casualty Insurance 



We furnish and erect 
Flag Poles of any 
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DANIEL S. BADER 



General Contractor 



Offices, 715-16 Betz Building 



The steady growth of Philadelphia in all direc- 
tions and the great municipal enterprises constantly 
projected have created an active demand for the 
services of experienced contractors whose facilities 
and thorough reliability enable them to carry to 
successful completion the largest and most impor- 
tant contracts. 




Especially noteworthy in this connection is 
Daniel S. Bader with offices in rooms 715 and 716 
Betz Building. 

j\Ir. Bader, who started the business ten years 
ago. is now but thirty-six }-ears of age, and before 
embarking in business on his own account served 
a long apprenticeship with Peoples Bros., Mack 
Paving Co. and \'are Brothers, during which he 
familiarized himself with every detail of the work 
and gained experience that is daily of inestimable 
value, not only to himself but t(i those bv whora he 
is employed. 



Mr. Bader's line is general contracting and he 
has been extensively engaged in sewer work, hav- 
ing contracts for several large ones that are now 
in course of construction in addition to repairs on 
several school buildings and general repairs to the 
streets. 

Mr. Bader has the most complete facilities for 
executing work of almost every description, being 
thoroughly equipped with modern machinery inci- 
dental to his business, and employs a large force of 
workmen. 

He is a native born Philadelphian, was edu- 
cated in the public schools here and, virtually, has 
grown up with the sewer system, so that he is per- 
fectly familiar with the city's needs in this line, and 
no contractor is better equipped to handle this char- 
acter of work. 

Mr. Bader's practical experience along every 
line of contracting work makes it possible for him 
to successfully undertake the largest contracts and 
to execute them in a jirompt, reliable and efficient 
manner. The work entrusted to Mr. Bader is con- 
ducted under his personal and careful supervision, 
and he gives every detail the benefit of his large 
experience. The result of this knowledge an<l care 
has lirought him the highest reputation for excel- 
lent work and promptness in execution. 

He is a thoroughly experienced and equipped 
contractor, whose well-directed efforts have 
achieved for him substantial and merited success, 
and no contractor enjoys a higher reputation, or is 
more thoroughly representative of the important 
work in which he is engaged. 



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PEOPLES BROS. 

GENERAL CONTRACTORS 
AND BUILDERS 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

Bar, White and Washed Sand, etc. 
Cement, Bricks and Bnilding Stone 

Shippers of 

Philadelphia Horse Manure 
Steam Towing, Wharfage and Lighterage 

Office and Wharf: 

25th and CALLOWHILL STREETS 

PHILADELPHIA 

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Michael O'Rourke 



In a great city where improvement and pro- 
gress is the order of the day and where thousands 
of skilled workingmen and laborers arc contin- 
uously at work on highway and sewer construction 
of sometimes difficult character, the experienced 
contractor is a man of importance. He must be 
capable, alert and watchful, for matters ofttimes 
come up for consideration that require engineering 
skill, and the man who is not expert in every phase 
of constructive work generally scores a failure. 

Among those who have made a success of this 
line is Michael O'Rourke, probably one of the best 
known and most capable of those now engaged in 
city work. 

Mr. O'Rourke was born in Ireland sixty-four 
years ago, and received his education in the land of 
his birth. 

When twenty-one years of age he was seized 
with a desire to try his fortunes in this country, 
and came to Philadelphia, where he started with an 
uncle in the general contracting business. He re- 
tained this connection for several years and mas- 
tered every detail of the business. From the begin- 
ning he had evinced a particular aptitude for the 
work and the knowledge that came with experience 
convinced him that he was capable of formulating 
and carrying out large enterprises. 

When he started in business alone he deter- 

I mined to go after the biggest work and he was 

soon a factor in the business, and had secured some 

of the most important contracts being awarded for 

city work. 

He was eminentiv successful in everv under- 



taking and soon acquired a plant and equipment 
that enabled him to execute work of any character, 
no matter how difficult. Although Mr. O'Rourke's 
business occupied his entire time, his interest in 
municipal affairs led him to accept the nomination 
for Select Council in his Ward some years ago. He 
was elected and during his term was an active and 
aggressive member of that body. 

During his long years in the business Mr. 
O'Rourke has done a large amount of city work 
in paving, grading and sewer construction. 

He is a man of great force of character, very 
generous, and quick to make friends. He is a mem- 
ber of the Knights of Columbus, of the Twenty- 
fifth Ward Republican Club and other kindred 
organizations. An institution in which he is deeply 
interested is the Catholic Protectory, for the refor- 
mation of Catholic wayward boys, recently erected 
in Montgomery County. 

;\Ir. O'Rourke has always taken an active in- 
terest in politics, and in 1880 he was elected to 
represent his ward in Common Council. He served 
one term and was then chosen the ward's repre- 
sentative in Select Council, serving from 1881 to 
1883. 

In addition to his contracting work Mr. 
O'Rourke has for the last forty years built many 
houses and has dealt successfully in real estate. 

Recently Mr. O'Rourke built a handsome 
home on G Street, near Cornwall Street, in the 
Thirty-third Ward, which was recently created out 
of the old Twenty-fifth Ward, where he has resided 
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1414 I'enn .\\enue, I'ittshurs^h, are the foremost inanufacturer.s of staff ilecorations in the 
country, tlie record of the work done by the firm the past ten years justifying- the ehiini of 
preeminence in the bu.siness. 

Tlie members of the firm are WiUiani Shaw. Jr.. J. Xewton .Meehan and Heiijamin 1".. 
Crowell. The erection of tlie Court of Honor for the i'eace Jubilee was a piece of work- 
that brought much conmiendation to the firm. It was erected complete under the super- 
vision of Mr. .Shaw in the remarkably short time of seventeen days, this time includiuLif 
decorations for numerous grandstands. This is a record for rapid construction that has 
never been ajiproached. 

-Mr. Shaw also constructed the decorations for the Crand .\rniy of the Republic encam])- 
ment on I'.road .Street, the Fiftieth Anniversary Jubilee Arch and Court of Honor for 
Atlantic City. X. J.: the decorations on Broad Street when the P. C). S. A. held their con- 
vention in this city, and luany other recently executed contracts in this branch of the 
firm's business. 

The aim of Shaw i.\; Co. has always been the finishing of contracts within the stii)U- 
lated time and the artistic and accurate execution of submitted designs. 

Their staff of artists and mechanics is the best obtainable in the country ; consec|uently 
their work has finish and grace and never fails to receive adrniration and commendation. 

Ilelow is given a list of some of the many contracts which Shaw & Co. lun-e recentlv 
executed : 

U. of P. Engineering Building Architect Cope & Stewardson 

Lyric Theatre " John T. Windrim 

Adelphi Theatre " 

Oliver H. Bair Building 

St. Thomas' Church " Edwin F. Durang & Son 

St. Monica's Church " " " 

St. Francis' Church '• ' " 

St. Nicholas' Church, Atlantic City.... " ' 

St. Patrick's Church, Norristown, Pa.. . " Geo. I. Lovatt 

New German Theatre " Carl Berger 

Eighth National Bank " Geo. Rehfuss 

Bank, i8th Street and Girard Avenue. . " Wilson, Harris & Richards 

St. Elizabeth's School " Henry Dagit 

Central Trust Co " Wm. C. Furber 

Geo. Hoff's House, Washington, D. C . " Horace Trumbaur 



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I MACHINERY AND SAFE MOVING A SPECIALTY 

SCOTT BROTHERS 



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RIGGERS AND CONTRACTORS 

1529 S. Front Street 68 N. Fourth Street I 

Phones, Bell, Lombard 2161 ; Keystone, Main 1136 Phones, Bell, Market 4712 A; Keystone, Main 4242 D 1 

PHILADELPHIA I 

Residence Phones, Bell. Lombard 2843 D ; Keystone, Main 5994 A i 

The firm of Scott Brothers was organized in 1857 | 

on a very small scale and with an" equipment for the lightest f 

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I heavy machinery and safes, and consequently the expert | 

I teamster and rigger was not so largely in demand. I 

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I 1870, and from that time on the business increased and | 

I Scott Brothers, to keep pace with the heavy demand on its 1 
I equipment, found it necessary to add thereto from time to time, 
I until now they have the most complete plant for their work 
* of any concern in the country. 

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i big corporations. They also do every kind of rigging, and no | 

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Splendid examples of self-made men, Messrs. Lombardi and Pascuzzi, 
the well-known sewer contractors, stand ])reeminent in this city. Their 
careers are real lessons to the young- in what may lie accomplished through 
energy and enterprise. The success of Messrs. Lombardi and Pascuzzi has 
been attention and care to whatever they undertook. Luck played no pari. 
They have a rei)Utation for always being on the jol). These uku ha\e gone 
thrdugh a hard training school since they came to this country as lads, and 
the position they hdid to-day is well deserved. The partncrshi]) has only 
been in existence for two years, but the firm is already known as one of the 
most capable and progressive in tlie city. Much of their work has l)een 
done for the City of Philadelphia, and many of the finest sewers were 
constructed through their efforts. One of their most recent bits of work 
was the laying of the sewer along Florence Avenue, known as the Thomas 
Run .system; reconstruction of main sewers on Twelfth Street, from Lom- 
bard to Locust Street, and one on Sixty-ninth Avenue from Dicks Avenue 
to Elmwoiid .Avenue, to say nothing of numerous liranch sewers through- 
out the cit\-. It is no wonder, then, that with such actual experience, 
varied as it has been, thev are equipped to do work of the most diflicult 
nature. They employ from 80 to 140 men regularlv. The tirm's offices are 
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TOGNARELLI &. VOIGT 

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2310 CHESTNUT STREET 

NDEFATIGABLE Effort, Advanced Methods and Careful Atten- 
tion to those small details which produce artistic results, are the 
three factors that have brought the firm of Tognarelli &j Voigt, of 
No. 2310 Chestnut Street, into prominence as modelers and 
casters of plaster and composition of any size and description. 
C Each member of the firm is an artist of ability, and their 
services are greatly in demand by architects and builders in 

the casting and modeling line, and by decorators who recognize the artistic 

\alue of their relief work. 





C The prestige gained by Messrs. Tognarelli and Voigt, through their high-class 
work in many of the buildings throughout the city, has brought them orders 
from every part of the country, and they number among their customers many 
of the best architects, builders and decorators in the United States. 
C, They are at present engaged upon elaborate models of the handsome new 
chapel of the Washington University at St. Louis. This magnificent building 
was designed by Messrs. Cope and Stewardson, the prominent architects of 
this city, and Messrs. Tognarelli and Voigt were selected to make the model 
because of the painstaking and careful character of their work. 
dL A scale model of the new building of the College of Physicians being erected 
at Twenty-second and Ludlow Streets, also designed by Messrs. Cope and 
Stewardson, which was exhibited at the last exhibition of the T-Square Club, 
and was highly spoken of and appreciated by the leading architects, is a testi- 
monial to the high character of the firm's efforts along this line. 
C. Philadelphia has long been noted for its industrial greatness and commercial 
power, and like all cities that have attained greatness along these lines it is 
awakening to a desire for artistic development and a " city beautiful." It is the 
conscientious effort and artistic endeavor such as Messrs. Tognarelli and Voigt 
put in their work that will make this desire a realization and eventually make 
our city as well-known artistically as it is industrially. 






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E. B. HAWKINS, Vice-President, Duluth, Minn. 

W. E. JENNINGS, Sec'y and Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. 

L. H. PARTRIDGE, Ass't Secy and Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Drake & Stratton Company 

Contractors 



Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Farmers Bank Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 
First National Bank Building, Duluth, Minn. 



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Charles P. O'Connor 

Charles P. O'Connor, general contractor, 
with offices in the Betz Building, is particularly 
well equipped both by experience and organi- 
zation to take care of every description of 
municipal and general contracting work. 

Previous to 1900 Mr. O'Connor was con- 
nected with the railway department of William 
Wharton, Jr., and Co., of Philadelphia, and 
for two years was inspector for all of that 
firm's steam and street railway work. This 
position he resigned to obtain practical and 
field experience and become assistant chief of 
party for the Harris Engineering Co. on their 
rapid transit improvement at Cardington, which 
included every description of general contracting. 
Mr. O'Connor resigned to take a position as 
superintendent of construction with Messrs. 
Dodge & Day. 

During the time that he spent with this firm 
of engineers Mr. O'Connor became thoroughly 
acquainted with reinforced concrete construc- 
tion and the installation of machinery and 
power plants, as well as general building con- 
struction work. 

When the changes of track and signal sys- 
tem was undertaken by the Pennsylvania 
Railroad at Broad Street Station, Mr. O'Con- 
nor was made assistant to assistant supervisor 
Bertolette, and took immediate charge of the 
work. Mr. O'Connor was next connected with 
the large operation at McCall's Ferry Dam on 
the Maryland Division of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road. The work under Mr. O'Connor's super- 
vision also included the installing of a new block 
signal system due to the change of line of the 
Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad, necessitated 
by the construction of the dam. 

When work on the East River Division of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad was begun, Mr. 
O'Connor was connected with the alignment 
corps for three months, when he was made 
inspector and placed in charge of tunnel "A" 
under the East River. 

Mr. O'Connor severed connection with the 
Pennsylvania Railroad to enter into the general 
contracting business with Mr. J. F. McNichol 
and Mr. C. N. Smith, under the firm name of 
McXichol, Smith & O'Connor. Besides numer- 
ous minor operations, much municipal work was 
successfully completed during Mr. O'Connor's 
connection with this firm, among which was the 
grading of Margie street and Sedgeley avenue, 
through the old Potter's Field, and the grading 
of Orthodox street, Frankford, from Richmond 
street to the Delaware river, one of the largest 
pieces of work of the kind ever accomplished 
ir. Philadelphia. 

Mr. O'Connor is now in business for himself, 
and can bring to bear on future work the fine 
organization he has built up and the wide expe- 
rience of big work as well as accurate knowl- 
edge of its every detail. 



William R. Dougherty 

William R. Dougherty, the well-known 
carpenter and builder, stands at the very 
top of his profession in this section of the 
country. Some of the most famous struc- 
tures in this city and its vicinity have been 
erected under his direction, and will stand 
for generations as monuments to his knowl- 
edge of his craft. Among his work of 
recent years are three of the handsome 
Carnegie library buildings which are being 
erected throughout the city. The three 
built by Mr. Dougherty are located at 
Fortieth and Walnut Streets, at Wissa- 
hickon, and at Holmesburg. These struc- 
tures are regarded as models of their kind, 
and have done much toward adding to 
the beautv of their respective sections. 
Most of the work of the Jewish Hospital, 
an institution whose appearance is so at- 
tractive as to almost serve as a tempta- 
tion for a passer-by to become ill, was 
done bv Mr. Dougherty. St. \'incent's 
Home and Roman Catholic Protectory, at 
Norristown, together with a numlier of 
fine buildings at the University of Penn- 
sylvania, are among the monuments to 
this famous builder's work. Mr. Dough- 
ertv has had an experience of twenty- 
four vears in business for himself, and 
his patrons have included many of the 
best-known citizens of the comnumity. His 
offices are located at 1604-10 Sansom 
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Mccormick & co. 




PHILIP F. STOEVER 



(General Contractors 



4 South Broad Street 



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Cunningham Paving and 
Construction Co. 

General Contractors 

1345 ARCH STREET 
Philadelphia 



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Bolger fe? Cummins 



P.olger & Cummins, contractors, with offices 
in tlic Cliclten Trust Building, Gcnnantown, 
while a younc; firm, having been organized June 
I, 1907, have already achieved a sterling reputa- 
tion, owing to the high character of the work, 
jniblic and ]irivate, which they have done during 
the past year. 

The firm is well equipped in both its execu- 
tive and mechanical ends. The senior member, 
John F. Bolger, was for twenty years connected 
with the textile machinery trade, covering the 
United States and Canada, and occasionally 
contributing to the trade journals pithy articles 
covering his line. He is well and favorably 
known to the manufacturers in every section of 
the country as a man of keen business acumen 
and executive ability. 

The junior member, jcihn \ . Cummins, was 
for years connected with one of the leading 
firms of contractors of this city, and his position 
enabled him to acquaint himself with every detail 
of the business, and there is nothing in the 
mechanical end or the estimating line that he 
cannot handle with perfect familiarity. 

The firm's line of work covers the building 
of main and branch sewers, macadam roads of 
first-class character, for public or private use, 
and grading and ])aving of all kinds. 

They are already known for their promjit 
and business-like methods, the natural result of 
a thorough business training of a practical and 
technical character. The firm has satisfactorily 
conqjleted a number of contracts in l'liiladel])liia 
and its suburbs and also in the adjoining coun- 
ties, and has received commendation for the char- 
acter of its work in sewer building and macadam 
roads. 

Messrs. Rolger & Cummins have a new 
and first-class equipment for all work in their 
line, and can furnish estimates and start an 
operation in an incredibly short time. They push 
every job to a quick completion, and this prompt- 
ness, although a little unusual, is one of the 
reasons for the poijularity already attained. 

Stephen J. K. liolger, a son of the senior 
member, is connected with the business as 
manager in an active capacity. 



John Goll ^ Co. 

As successful buiklers John (idll & Co. have 
but few equals in this city, and their work will 
stand for years as true memorials t<^) their genius 
and industry. John Cu)ll, the founder of the firm, 
was one of the numerous natives of Cierniany 
who. having cast their lot with this ccumtry, have 
enriched their adopted land through their efforts. 
He was born in Wittenberg in iSj8. and served 
his apprenticeship there. In bis yciulh he trav- 
eled on the continent, and found employment as 
a skilled mason in many of the famous luinijiean 
capitals. In 1847, recognizing the advantageous 
field offered in America to skilled mechanics with 
ability, brains and energ\', he sailed for New' 
\'ork. In 1888 he organized the firm of John 
( ioll & Co., with his v.ide-awake and ]iracticall\ 
trained nephews, John A. (ioll, William }L doll 
and (ieorge Coll, as partners. After the death 
of the founder, the l)nsiness was continued upon 
the same high standartl by his surviving ])artners. 
George Goll and John A. (ioll retired two years 
ago, and the business is being successfully con- 
ducted by W. H. Goll. 

.\mong some of the splendid cniitracts for 
constructive work executed bj' the firm are: the 
Twent\-third .Street arch for the JMlbert Street 
extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad; the re- 
modeling of the Broad Street station, the founda- 
tions and masonry for the Pennsylvania Railroad 
train shed, the Pennsylvania Railroad freight sta- 
tion at Seventeenth and Market .'Streets; the Mer- 
chants' Warehouse on .Shackamaxon .Street; the 
I'Vankford Junction station and tunnel for the 
Pennsylvania Railroad; Pnwelton .\venue ])as- 
senger tunnel for the I V-nnsyK ania Railroad; the 
passenger tunnel at the .\orth Philadelphia sta- 
tion : the elevated freight line at Thirty-first and 
Market Streets; the tunnels at the West Phila- 
del])hia station of the Pennsyhania Railroad, and 
mnnerfius other works for the elevation of tracks 
and elimination of grades and also structures to 
facilitate the handling of freight. 

The firm has its offices at 1539 I'ilbert Street. 



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CONTRACTOR 
AND BUILDER 

1502 LAND TITLE BUILDING 
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(General Contractor 

CEMENT AND ARTIFICIAL 

STONE PAVEMENTS 

Cementing done in all colors to suit 

Granite and Blue Stone Curbs 
Furnished and Reset 

OFFICE : 

27 North Juniper Street 
Philadelphia 

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EXCAVATION, GRADING. CONCRETE AND 
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710 '711 Pennsylvania Building 
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2666 Richmond Street Philadelphia 

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Masonry Twenty^first and Filbert Streets 

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BRANCH DEPOT AMERICAN CDAUPMIN STS. 

Common liiiK' has been for many centuries one of the most important of buildin.c: materials, 
but up to a very recent date it has been prtxhiced in old-fashioned pot kilns of the type used by 
lime-burners since time immemorial. Within the past decade there has been a remarkable increase 
in the demand for the product, and particularly for lime of a light grade. The Knickerbocker 
Lime Company, known throughout the country for its progressiveness, has established a thor- 
oughly modern ])lant at Mill Lane, Pa. This plant is equipped with the most improved kilns in 
America, and the plant is the largest of its kind in the country. William 11 Irvine is the efficient 
president of the Com])any, which has its main depot on Twent\-fourtli -Street below Callowhill, 
and a branch station at .American and Daui)liin .'streets. 



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Hydravlic-Press Brick (papany 

LaRQEST AaNVFACTVRERS and DlSTRlBVTORS OF 

Fro^t Brick in the World 

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Branch Factories 
Ohio Division Central Division 

SovTH Park, Ohio Ccllinsville.Ill. 

Roseville.Ohio Brazil, Ind. 

Findlay.Ohio Porter, Ind. 

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Kansas City, A\o. EASTERN DIVISION 

Diamond, Kans. Winslow.N.J. 

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EUGENE H. CARROLL 






PETER F. CARROLL Mj^ 



H. C. Carroll and Sons 



Brick Manufacturers 



All Kinds of Building Bricks 

Constantly on Hand 
Capacity, 20,000,000 



Sixty-seventh Street and Gibson Avenue 

Philadelphia 



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The McAvoy 
Vitrified Brick Co. 

The McAvoy X'itritied Brick Company is 
known as one of the most substantial business 
concerns of Philadelphia. The company was 
organized twelve years ago, and has met with 
signal success in its career. Its great endeavor 
is the supply of shale paving bricks and blocks, 
and its products are recognized by engineers 
and municipal authorities throughout the 
country as the best material of the kind on the 
market. The members of the firm have made 
a careful study of the quality of the product, 
and only first-class goods in every respect are 
permitted to leave their establishment. So 
high ranks the reputation of the firm for its 
integrity, and so much is the product of the 
plant in demand, that the entire output for a 
year in advance is already sold. The plant of 




THOMAS B. McAVOY 

the company is operated under the personal 
direction of Thomas B. McAvoy, whose knowl- 
edge of the brick industry, in all of its details, 
is unsurpassed. Mr. McAvoy has devoted 
sixty active years to the manufacturing of 
bricks in this city and its vicinity. The plant 
of the company is located at Perkiomen Junc- 
tion, on the main division of the Philadelphia 
and Reading Railway, and is one of the best 
equipped of the kind in the United States. The 
annual capacity is 15,000,000. The main offices 
of the company are located in the German- 
American Building, at 1345 Arch street. The 
officers of the company include : Thomas B. 
McAvoy, President and Treasurer: John D. 
Stinger, \'ice-President : and John C. McAvoy, 
Secretary and General Manager. Directors: 
R. Y. Filbert. Kennedy Crossan, R. D. Thomp- 
son, George F. Murray, Thomas F. Cunning- 
ham, and T. B. McAvov, Jr. 



ARMSTRONG AND LATTA CO. 

ENGINEERS AND 
CONTRACTORS 



LAND TITLE BUILDING 



THOS. L. LATTA 
President 



PHILADELPHIA 



B. F. ROBERTS 

Sec'y &Treas. 



Armstrong and Lalla Company, 
Engineers and Conlraclors. have 
designed and constructed Ihiirly ol the 
large Piers on the Delaware River Iron!, 
a large amount ol work in Baltimore. 
Washington, Norfolk, and work lor the 
U. S. Government ; also many large 
buildings in and around Philadelphia, 
and are at present engaged in build- 
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, & Reading Elevated Railroad. 



FIELD, BARKER & UNDERWOOD 

Incorporated 

ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS 

718 Arcade Building: 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

We design, superintend and construct 

Water Works 

Water Power Developments 

Water Purification Plants 

Sewerage Systems 

Sewage Disposal Plants 

Street Improvements 

Foundations 

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Richard C. Remtney Son's Co. 







RICHARD C. REMMEY 

He was born in I'liiladclpliia in 1835, and re- 
ceived his education in the Public Schools. At an 
early age he became connected with liis father in 
the manufacture of chemical and salt tjlazed stone- 
ware. In 1859 he assumed full cnntrol of the busi- 
ness, which was the oldest and leadino; establishment 
of its kind in America. It was founded by his 
{jreatjjrandfather in Xew York, in 1684. and re- 
moved to Philadelphia in 1810. The works have 
been in constant operation for 224 years, and 
throu":!! four j^enerations of the same family, manu- 
facturing all kinds of S|)ecial .chemical wares, from 
one to six hundred gallon capacity, together with 
chemical brick, and chemical rings for packing 
Glover Towers for manufacturing chemists, fertil- 
izers, and others. 

As well as our works at Cumberland and Com- 
merce streets, we also have a large i)lant in P.rides- 
burg, Phila., facing on the Delaware river, for the 
manufacture of fire brick, tiles and chemical bricks. 
The most skilled workmen are employed in our 
line of business, and we are capable of filling all 
orders, large or small, we may be favored with, 
having facilities for shijiment by rail or water to an^ 
part of the world. 

-Mr. Richard C. Remmey. having deceased on 
September 13, 1904, the business (if Richard C. 
Remmey & Sons was incorporated under the laws 
of Pennsylvania on the 17th day of February, 1905, 
in the name of Richard C. Rcnnncy Son's Co.. the 
business being under the management of Robert 
H. Remmey, I'resident and Manager; J. B. Rem- 
mey, Secretary and Treasurer; and Henry H. Rem- 
mey, Superintendent: who have made very extensive 
improvements in this line of manufacture, and under 
whose management the business has greatly in- 
creased. 



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CONCORD WHITE GRANITE 

John Swenson Quarries 

412 Perry Building 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



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■*■ in successful operation ever since, manufacturing strictly high grade fire 
clay products, in all its branches, for Cupola linings, boiler settings, Gas House 
Retorts and settings, Bake Oven tile, etc., of which they carry in stock a full 
line and make special shapes to order. Having their own clay mines in the 
famous Perth Amboy district and controlling the entire output, assuring them of 
a No. I uniform quality of the finest clays, they are in a position to quote the 
lowest prices on their products, which are of the highest grade, having been 
awarded the Gold Medals, Centennial 1876 — Jamestown 1907. 






STEPHEN CAZZULO 
Sculptor 

Mantel and Altar Builder 



PLASTER OF PARIS AND 



CEMENT DECORATION 
MODELING A SPECIALTY 



22 1 5 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 



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John Maxwell's Sons 



Granite and 
Blue Stone 



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Philadelphia 



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N. E. Manual Training School, Philadelphia 
DuPont Building, Wilmington, Del. 
Police Court Building, Washington, D. C. 
Union Trust Building, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Brancfi Yard and Wharf 

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Quarry, Stonington, Maine 



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THE PIONEER 
MARBLE WORKS 

of West Philadelphia 

Founded in 1S4S by Aaron Wood 

). F. Wood, Successor 
GRANH K AND MARBLE 



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Mechanics' CemetL-ry 




Founder of the order of 

O. U. A. M. 

Designed and executed by 

this firm in 1904 



Sixty years con- 
tinuous service in the 
erection of Cemetery 
memorials for the 
people of Philadelphia 
and vicinity. 

Almost every bur 
ial spot, city and coun- 
try, within a radius of 
one hundred miles, 
contain many fine 
specimens of Granite 
and Marble designs 
executed by this work- 
shop. 

Twenty workmen 
employed. Special 
designs by Thos. H. 
\Vood, artist-sculptor, 
whose recent creation 
in marble statuary, the 
" Bicycle Boy," at 
l-'ernwood, has become 
famous as a high-class 
rcmetery memorial 

Estimates fur 
nished and personal 
attention given to all 
work. 



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Fernwood, Del. Co., Penna. 



Both Telephonet 

MOHUMIENTAIL 

Worll:!© 

Frankford Ave. bel. Bridge St. 

Near Cedar Hill Cemetery 

Frankford, Philadelphia 

Residence, 1685 Dyre Street 

1 have one of the best and most modern equip- 
ped plants of machinery for Cutting, Carving, 
Lettering, Polishing, etc., enabling me to give strictly 
first-class work at most reasonable prices. Estimates 
cheerfully given. 

Work executed in ail parts of the country. 

ALL WORK GUARANTEED 



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GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS 



SpecimeD of 
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Erected in 
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Cemetery 




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Constructcr of 

Artistic 
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Cemetery Lots 
Enclosed 



Wyoming Avenue 
and Second Street Pike 

PHILADELPHIA 

Branch Yaida 
Entrance of Northwood Cemelery 



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All Kinds of 
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Office and Yard 
206 to 210 S. 24th St. 

Residence, 250 North 22d St. 

Philadelphia 
MONUMENTS 

Headstones, Coping and Posts 

Cut Stone Work in General 

Lettering, Cleaning and 

Re-setting 

House Work and 
Jobbing attended to 

ESTIHATES AND DESIGNS 
FURNISHED 



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Turner-Forman Concrete Steel Co. 

1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 



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WAREHOUSE FOR THE WEIGHTMAN ESTATE 
Twelfth Street and Washington Avenue. Philadelphia 



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Fourth and Willow Streets, Philadelphia 

1 When you build, use Reinforced Concrete 

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WHITE PINE 



HEMLOCK 



R. W. WISTAR 



F. S. UNDERHILL 



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WHOLESALE LUMBER MERCHANTS 

REAL ESTATE TRUST BUILDING 

PHILADELPHIA 






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HARDWOODS 



Market 938 



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James M. Irwin & Co. 

Lumber Dealers 

OFFICE AND YARD 

967 to 973 Beach Street 

974 to 980 North Delaware Ave. 

PHILADELPHIA 

NORTH CAROLINA 

Sizes, Box Boards and Belter Grades 
Flooring. Fencing 

WHITE PINE 

Box Boards and Better Grades 

ALSO 

all thicknesses ol Lumber lor Manu- 
lacturing Boxes 



EDWARD LAVC 



THOS. BURWELL 




LAW & BURWELL 

Philadelphia Granite Works 

MONUMENTAL AND BUILDING WORK 
Cut Stone Work of All Kinds 

Both Phones 

S. W. Cor. 24th and Locust Sts., PHILADELPHIA 



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VISITORS entering the city from the direction of New Vorl< will liardly fail to notice among the * 
large industrial establishments bordering the Pennsylvania Railroad near North Philadelphia ^ 
Station the line new plant of the Hale & Kilburn Mfg. C<inipany. extending from Lehigh g 
Avenue to Glenwood Avenue, and from Eighteenth Street to Margie Street. S 

This company ranks among the foremost manufacturers of the country in the design and construe- £ 
tion of tine custom made furniture for private residences, banks, offices and public buildings, as well as ^ 
every form of interior decoration. 

The large display windows on one of the fronts facing the railroad give to the hundreds passing 
on the trains a Hceting glimpse of special articles of completed furniture ready to go into the homes 
of customers, representative of thousands of pieces turned out each year. Further samples in 
great profusion, yet of choice selection, may be seen at the large, well-stocked showrooms of the 
Company at 1315 Walnut Street. There, also, are located the Designing Rooms, where may be con- 
sulted an able corps of skilled designers — specialists in the production of beautiful cflfects in painting 
and decoration, wall paper and tapestry, vkfoodwork and upholstery, all in correct harmony and 
after the best schools. 

Many of the tinest residences in Philadelphia and elsewhere bespeak the taste and skill of this 
firm. 

While The Hale & Kilburn .Mfg. Company is best known to Philadelphians through its manufac- 
ture of fine furniture, to those in distant parts of the country and to the traveling public generally, 
the name is familiarly associated with car seats, of which this company is the largest manufacturer 
in the world. Nearly every important improvement that has been made in railway car seating during 
the past twenty-five years, increasing the comfort of the traveling public, has originated with this 
coiTipany. Its product is to be found not only upon every important steam and electric line in the 
United States, but in nearly every foreign country as well. 

The plant at which the manufacture of both furniture and car seats is carried on is erected on a 
site of three and a (juarter acres. It has a frontage on the Pennsylvania tracks of "50 feet. It is a 
four-storj^ ;ind basement structure of brick, with blue stone trimmings. The width of the wings is 
70 feet. The floor area is about 300,000 S(|uare feet. A one-story building on the Glenwood .\venue 
side is the machine shop, where the metal parts of iron and steel, required for both furniture and 
car seats, is constructed. The entire factory is of slow-burning, mill construction, erected in accord- 
ance with the approved plans of the New England Factory Mutuals. 

Within a spacious court is a building 120 feet long and 22 feet wide, divided into three sections- 
boiler house, engine room and stable. In the boiler room is a battery of three boilers of 200 horse 
power each. In the engine room is a 350 horse power Corliss, and an au.xiliary engine of 100 horse 
power to run the dynamos and pumps. A portion of the machinery is run by electricity, and arc 
and incandescent lights are seen in great numbers all over the plant. The chimney is a conspicuous 
object for a great distance, towering to a height of 125 feet. The company has provided an ample 
water supply for all |)ur])oses, including fire protection, by means of a plentiful artesian well. Two 
tanks on the roof hold 60.000 gallons of water, and a tank in the yard has a capacity of 100.000 gallons. 

The foundation of good cabinet work is thoroughly dried lumber. The company has provided 
ample facilities in this respect in the way of a large series of kilns. It would be interesting to fol- 
low the lumber from the time it enters the cutting room until it is sent out as a finished product. It 
is a succession of progressive steps to the end. The factory has been thoroughly systematized, and 
economy in manufacture studied closely. No expense has been spared in providing the best facilities, 
which, added to a fine organization in every department, goes to explain why the name of Hale & 
Kilburn attached to any article is a guarantee of its superiority. 



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N its struggle for industrial supremacy this city has met and overcome gigantic 
'^r. obstacles, and has by sheer merit and courage taken the lead in all lines of 
manufacture. 

This is notably the case in high-grade furniture. For over a hundred years 
Philadelphia cabinet makers have been recognized as skilful and careful crafts- 
men, but until a quarter of a century ago this reputation was only local — their product not 
reaching beyond the trade purchasing area of the city and the territory immediately con- 
tiguous thereto. 

These conditions were changed, however, when the Pooley Furniture Company entered 
the field some thirty years ago. Up to that time very little thought had been expended on 
period designs. Here was the opportunity that made the Pooley Furniture Company suc- 
cessful. Its aim was to produce a class of period 'furniture of merit equal in artistic design 
and treatment to that produced by the best artists in Europe. That they have been most 
successful and acquitted themselves with credit is evidenced by their receiving orders to 
furnish the leading palatial hotels of this country. Some of the best work done by the 
company was the furnishing of the St. Regis, the New Plaza, the Waldorf-Astoria, the 
Knickerbocker, the Manhattan, New York ; the Bellevue-Stratford, this city, and the New 
Fairmount, San Francisco. 

The working staff that has aided in bringing the Pooley Furniture Company to present 
success includes E. F. Pooley, President ; W. F. Wagner, Secretary and Treasurer ; Oscar 
E. ]\Iertz, Assistant Treasurer, and W. H. Dewar, Manager. 

The plant, which occupies almost an entire block at Seventeenth street and Indiana 
avenue, is one of the most complete in the country. It is located directly on the line of the 
Philadelphia and Reading Railway, and that company's tracks running into the factory 
yards furnishes unexceptional facilities, both for the reception of raw material and the 
shipment of the finished product. Additional shipping facilities are furnished by the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Company whose tracks are within a stone's throw of the plant. 

During the thirty years of upbuilding a business of the magnitude of the Pooley Fur- 
niture Company a vast amount of valuable data has been accumulated, and it is the expe- 
rience gained in this accumulation that has created for the company a place exclusively its 
own, for it is the only concern in the country which has the practical knowledge, expe- 
rience and equipment to furnish a large hotel throughout. 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 




J. B. VAN SCIVER CO. 

Furniture Manufacturers, Importers, Interior Decorators 



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1 is a principle, pretty g-enerally accepted in the business world, that back of everv nota- 
able commercial enterprise will be found a clean-cut. well-defined idea. 

Xowhere has this principle had finer illustration than in the phenomenal growth 
of the great furniture house of J. B. \'an Sciver Company. P^roni the smallest of begin- 
nings in 1881. a twenty-foot store on Federal Street. Camden, this business has developed 
by leaps and bounds until to-tlay it stands. undoubtedl\-. the largest exclusive retail furniture 
establishment in the country. 

The basic idea lying behind this achievement, like all successful ideas, is extrcmelv simple, viz. : 
that a store and factory inexpensively located at the Market Street Ferry, Camden, can manufac- 
ture and sell furniture of quality direct to the consumer at under market prices, and hence attract 
trade from the vast urban and suburban population of Philadelphia and adjacent territory. 

The execution of this idea involved, of course, not only an inexpensive location, but also ade- 
quate manufacturing facilities, an immense output, and economical methods. With this in mind, in 
1888. just twenty years ago. the founder and present head of the Company. Mr. I. 1'.. \'an Sciver. 
moved his store and factory into a new four-story l)uilding. erected for the purpuse at the corner 
of Federal Street and Delaware Avenue, directly opposite the Pennsylvania Railmad Terminal and 
Ferry, and opened for business. 

The response of the great furniture buying ])ublic tu the stinndus of best (juality furniture at 
lower ])rices than ever before known, was instantaneous: and what seemed at first an uncertain 
experiment soon proved to be an established success. In 1890 the plant was enlarged in area and 
a fifth story added. In i8q8 the big seven-story factory adjoining the store was erected. To-da\ . 
at this Twentieth .Anniversary at the Ferry, the plant, including store, warehouse, and factory, 
covers more than six acres of floor space, and the business extends its operations to everv countrv 
on the globe, at an estimated annual saving to its customers of over $100,000.00. 

.-\ recent feature of the business that has attracted much favorable comment is the Automobile 
Delivery Service, which delivers goods free and fits them uj) in the home. 



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JJsTH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Bodenstein & Kuemmerle 

Incorporated 

This well-kimwu liouse has an annual out- 
put of 150,000 chairs and gives steady employ- 
ment to 300 hands. It was founded in a mod- 
est way in 1872 by George Bodenstein, and the 
early years were a struggle during which sev- 
eral changes in the business and removal of the 
plant were found necessary. In 1881 Gustave 
A. Kuemmerle became a partner, and since that 
time the business has steadily grown. In 1886 
the present factory at Lawrence Street and 
Girard Avenue was secured, but the business 
has so increased that several additions have 
been made until now it is one of the most com- 
plete plants of its character in the country. 

The firm is well known throughout the 
United States as makers of high-grade and 
medium chairs, although the trade is prin- 
cipally South and East. The product is dining- 
room, bed-room and hall chairs in cane, leather, 
rush or wood seat, and the material used is oak, 
birch, maple, mahogany, black walnut and 
Circassian walnut. Large quantities in white 
enamel and imitation mahogan}' are also 
turned out. 



SCHOOL FURNITURE 




CHURCH FURNITURE 
OPERA CHAIRS 

PARK AND LAWN BENCHES 

R. R. STATION FURNITURE 

AMERICAN SEATING CO. 

1235 Arch Street, Philadelphia 



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WHOLESALE BEDDING SUPPLIES 

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Double Steel Hook 

(Patented May 22rl, Iqoo) 

Brass and 
Enameled 
Bedsteads 

NATIONAL Absolutely Rigid 

4iN.HlGHRrSE-ALLlR0N Easily Adjusted 

239, 244 and 246 SOUTH SECOND STREET 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 




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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Boyertown Burial Casket Company 



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The start of the Boyertown Burial 
Casket Co., at Boyertown, Pa., in 
1894, requirfd hut a few thousand 
square feet of floor space. 

Our Factory Plant now, hy 
reason of niakiny; Quality and 
Workmanship the first consider- 
ation in the manufacture of our 
line, has so developed our husiness 
that the factory equipment covers 
no less than 1 54.000 square feet. 
The line of "Wood-finished, 
I Metallic and Cloth-covered 
I Caskets, W^ood and Metallic Out- 

* side Cases, Dry-goods and Hard- 
% "ware enjoys a continuallv increasing 
I demand, hoth from a large general 
I trade, and a strong demand for goods 

* in Philadelphia. 
To handle and show the best and 

largest assortment of goods in funeral 
furnishings, and to more ably meet 
the requirements of the trade in 
general, in conjunction with our 
steady growth in Philadelphia, the 

Company planned and executed tlie erection of a modern and well-equip- 
ped Ten-story Solid Concrete Structure, the largest and most complete 
Funeral Supply Building in the world, prominently located at 1211 to 
1217 Arch Street, midway between the two large railroad terminals, and in 
touch of all public buildings. 

We now have an unsurpassed factory equipment producing a line of 
goods known because of their Quality and Workmanship, with new and 
well-adapted Business Quarters and Spacious Display Rooms, especially 
attractive iiecause of a complete and up-to-date line of goods alwa\s on hand. 

BOYERTOWN BURIAL CASKET CO. | 

BOYERTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA | 

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GAS AND ELECTRICITY 



Gas and electricit)-, each contributing heat, 
Hght and power to the world's equipment, have 
been most active agents in the develo]3ment of 
this citv. Early in the nineteenth century the use 
of gas as an illuminant met with strong opposition, 
but in a few years this fear had been overcome and 
its general adoption in houses and for street light- 
ing followed. 

It has been truthfully said that the scenes of 
crime are those of darkness. With the use of gas on 
the streets and in the alle\s the haunts of the crim- 
inal became scarce in the city, and assaults by high- 
waymen and footpads largely decreased. 

For this reason alone gas soon became popu- 
lar, but when in later years it was made to serve 
other purposes, its value was unstintingly con- 
ceded, man's ingenuity soon devised means by 
which gas could be used for heating and cooking 
in the home, and for running machinery at an' 
enormous saving in fuel bills, without the accom- 
panying bother and dirt of coal. There are a score 
of uses to which gas has been put, and its success 
in every line to which it has been adapted makes 
it rank as one of the greatest of modern discoveries. 

In usefulness and adaptability to domestic and 
commercial purposes electricity is doing wonders 
these days. It was in 1731 that Franklin demon- 
strated that lightning and electricity were the 
same, and his experiments with the mysterious cur- 
rent turned attention to it. It was not until the 
Centennial Exhibition in 1876 that its use in light- 
ing was first brought to public attention here. One 
of the marvels of that exhibition was the instan- 
taneous lighting of thousands of gas jets by an 
electric spark. From that time electricity has 
made great strides, until now there are in this city 
over 200,000 miles of wire for electric purposes, 
nearly 90 per cent, of which is underground. The 
advent of electricity as an illuminant was of great 
importance to mercantile interests. It turned the 
down-town shopping section into avenues of daz- 
zling brilliancy, converting them into promenades, 



along which show windows, brilliantly lighted, dis- 
played their goods to the nightly throngs. 

In the lighting of this city generally 12,000 arc 
lamps are used. While the electric current contrib- 
utes power in thousands of industrial establish- 
ments and in innumerable homes it is used for 
lighting, for culinary purposes, for ironing, and a 
score of other domestic purposes, and suffering 
humanity is made more comfortable in warm 
weather by the fans it operates. 

The telephone, almost indispensable in the 
home, and of incalcuable value to the merchant and 
manufacturer, and the telegraph lines which bring- 
remote sections into almost instant communication, 
are among the useful purposes to which this mighty 
force has been put. 

Another use to which electricity has been ap- 
plied here, and one of vital interest, is that of the 
police and fire alarm system, under control of the 
city's Electrical Bureau. This department has 
supervision over all electric construction and light- 
ing, and is the instant medium of fire alarms, police 
service and other urgent matters. Fire alarms are 
now very generally reported from the nearest tele- 
phone and instantly transmitted to the engine 
houses. 

The underground railway system was only 
possible through the harnessing of electricity as a 
motive power, and the elevated railway is endur- 
able because electricity has superseded steam, with 
its attendant noise and dirt. 

The trolle\- lines for street use and the third 
rail system for interurban travel are additional evi- 
dences of electricity's value, while its use in sur- 
ger\- and for a thousand other purposes makes it 
indispensable. 

All this development has been made within 
thirty-five years, yet scientists say that electricity 
is onlv in its infancy. It is certainly a sturdy 
youngster : when full grown its accomplishments 
will be marvelous. 



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THE STORY 
OF PHILADELPHIA GAS 



g in ijtjO, while Washington was slill President, and I'hihidclpliia was 'y 

I'i the capital nf the L'nited States, tlie tirst ihnnnnating gas ever seen in :; 

g America was exhiljited Iw a fireworks nianufactnrer. who called it "in- [: 

8 flaniniahle air." Prior to that time our ancestors were dependent for i\ 

I light ui)on the candle or the old whale oil lam]) — for jietroleum was not \] 

i discovered until more than fifty years later. In those days the city ex- |i 

I tended along the Delaware River from \ine to South Streets and cov- ji 

^ ered less than a square mile — a mere village. Desinte its size and the \i 

proverbial peace and quiet of its Quaker citizens, the streets, after dark, 5; 

w-e are told, were infested v.ith dangerous characters, who plied their ii 

nefarious trade in disdain of law and order, surrounded, as they were, bv •< 

an impenetrable darkness. This state of affairs provoked some public- \\ 

spirited citizens to agitate the question of gas lights for our main streets. j] 

But violent o])position, based on ridiculous and ignorant misapprehen- 11 

sions, prevented the establishment of the Philadelphia gas works until l\ 

1836. Wlien this was done only two stores were equipped for gas light- :: 

ing, and the capacity of the works was but 75,000 cubic feet i)er day, || 

and the ])rice was $3.50 per thousand. » 

1 hat was but 72 years ago, and consider for a moment the wonder- « 

ful growth of our citv, and, coincident therewith, of the gas industrv. « 

To-day our city covers over 130 s(|uare miles, gives occupation and slu-l- jj 

ter to over 1,500,000 people, and the annual output of gas from our sev- :] 

eral works runs into the billions of cubic feet. 'o 

It is not alone in the vastness of our growth that the wonder is. but \\ 

m the impro\enieiU in the (juality of the gas and the many inventions jj 

now at our disjxjsal by which gas can be so readily api)lied. not only to 51 

our domestic needs, but even to our yreal industries. l\ 

The incandescent l)urner has made gas the best and cheajiest light ?« 

for the home, the office, the factory and the store. Gas kitchen appliances « 

have made life easier ;md brighter for those who must do our housework: h 

the drudgery of the kitchen is a thing of the i)ast. We should look to o 
that in our "City of Homes" which adds to mw domestic comfort, adds 
to the very joy of lixing. 

( )t .'ill the stories of the achiex'cments of modern science none is more 
wonderful, as a])plied to human comfort and ha])piness, lh;in the slor\- 
of gas in the C'it\- of I 'hiladel])hia. 



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Philadelphia is proud of its telephone system 
and service and has reason to be. as the Bell tele- 
phone system in Philadelphia is probably not sur- 
passed in efficienc}' by that of any city in the world. 
The telephone and the transportation systems 
i| have been the factors that have made the 130 
|| square miles of Philadelphia a unit from business 

* and social standpoints. 

* Alexander Graham Bell gave his first public 
demonstration of the telephone at the Centennial 
Exhibition in 1876. Since the telephone was first 
used commercially in this city in 1877. the service 
and equipment have continually advanced to meet 
the demands of the public. Skilled engineers are 
constantly studying and experimenting so that 
subscribers may enjoy the advantages of every 
progression in the telephone art. 

At first the telephone growth was slow — the 
telephone was new and its utility had to be 
proved. Later, as the value of telephone service 
became more appreciated, the plant was exten- 
sively enlarged, and the number of telephones 
increased by leaps and bounds. In 1SS3 there 
were 2106 Bell telephones in Philadelphia, 
in 1888 — 2.gSo in 1903 — 44.950 

1898— 8,668 1905— 75.687 

1900 — 15,834 1908 — 102,193 

a growth of which Philadelphia is particularly 
proud. 

The development includes private branch 
exchange systems of from three or four to 2000 
telephones in hotels, department stores and busi- 
ness houses; systems of four to ten telephones 
in residences and many public telephones conve- 
niently located throughout the city. 

Philadelphia is practically all Belltelephoned, 
and the Bell lines have become the beaten path 
for the most important financial matters, the mil- 
lions of business transactions, the daily household 
purchases, and most of the duties which were for- 
merly done by mail, telegraph and messenger. 

Reasonable rates, broad business methods 
and good service have developed Philadelphia 
telephonically. 

Each additional telephone installed adds to 
the value of the service to the subscribers. The 
service that has not only the greatest number of 
jj_ local stations, but has connections with sub- 
X scribers in practically all the other cities and 

f towns throughout the Eastern, Southern and 
Central States, is the one of the greatest value to 
4, the public. 

* Within the past ten years ninety-five per cent 
T of the Bell Company's lines in Philadelphia have 
% been placed underground at an enormous cost, 
4* thereby minimizing interruptions by storms, etc. 

The Telephone Company thus also contributed 
largely toward "The City Beautiful." 

In Philadelphia there are now twenty-one 
buildings used for telephone purposes exclusively. 
The largest ones are classed with the city's hand- 
somest buildings. They are of the latest fireproof 
type and contain the highest development of tele- 
phone equipment. 

To provide the best standards of construc- 
tion, maintenance and operating, schools are 
maintained through which employees must pass. 



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closest touch with the public. ^ 

What the Bell Telephone Company 
has done for Philadelphia 

1. Brought every city and town of importance 
within a thousand miles, in touch with 
Philadelphia at a moment's notice; 

2. Increased the value of real estate in outlying 
sections; 

3. Placed the city's manufacturers, merchants and 
consumers in immediate touch with one 
another; 

4. Annihilated space and time, lengthened lives 
and minimized emergencies of every kind; 

5. Aided in the capture of law-breakers and pre- 
vented or lessened the dangers of fire; 

6. Assisted in the accomplishment of the other- 
wise impossible, countless times daily in 
the social and business worlds; 

7. Adopted every appliance of proved value and 
every advanced method known in telephony 
in order that its patrons may enjoy the 
best possible telephone service. It has en- 
deavored to give a business and residence 
service that is even more than might be 
reasonably demanded. It invites fair criti- 
cisms of the service and business methods 
at all times. 

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Lamps and Cables 

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Electrical 
Engineering and Contracting 



Motors 



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Li^ht and Power Plants 

Repairing Electrical Machinery 

Interior Wiring. Telephones and Electric Bells 

Electric Time and 'Watchman's Clocks 



Southwest Corner 

Fifth and Commerce Streets 
Philadelphia 



There is an EASY WAY to insure the receipt 
of lowest prices on Electrical Material. It 
consists in addressing a request to 

H. C. ROBERTS 
ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. 

905 ARCH ST. PHILADELPHIA 



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Keystone Coal and Coke Co. 



The Keystone Coal and Coke Co. was incor- 
porated March, 1902, and was the result of consoli- 
dation of eight companies in order that expense of 
operation could be minimized and better transpor- 
tation facilities secured. 

The companies merged were the Greensburg, 
the Carbon, the Salem and the Hempfield Coal Com- 
panies in the Greensburg basin, and the Claridge, 
the Arona, the Madison and the Sewickley Gas Coal 
Companies in the Irwin field. This was the largest 
combination of mining interests in Pennsylvania 
up to that time, representing 9000 acres of Pitts- 
burgh vein of coal, and 3000 acres of undeveloped 
Freeport coal. 

Since the merging of interests the Keystone 
Company has opened four new mines, the Iveystone 
shaft, the Hunker mine and the Hempfield, Nos. 2 
and 3 mines, making a total of twenty-five mines 
in steady operation with an annual output of from 
6,500,000 to 7,000,000 tons of coal, and giving em- 
ployment to 5000 men. 

The most modern methods are used in the com- 
pany's mines, mining machines having been installed 
at Keystone and Salem, and in several mines electric 
and compressed air motors are used for the trans- 
portation of coal underground. In others the rope 
haulage system is used, the mule having been en- 
tirely discarded except for short hauls to reach 
trunk lines of motor trains. 

The company also uses all three methods for 
taking out coal — shaft, slope and drift. It also ope- 
rates coke plants at Salem and Carbon. The Carbon 
product is used for domestic purposes and by small 
manufacturers, while that of Salem sells in the gen- 
eral market. 

The Keystone Company has enjoyed unprece- 
dented prosperity, no strikes or labor troubles hav- 
ing interfered with its operation for many years. 
This is partially due to the policy of the company, 
which looks carefully after its employees. The 
houses are good and comfortable and kept in excel- 
lent condition, and many of the mining villages are 
models of neatness and thrift. In addition the com- 
pany cares for injured employees and those who are 
unfortunate through sickness. The Keystone Com- 
pany owns a large number of individual cars as well 
as much trackage throughout the region. 

The Directors of the company are: Hon. 
George F. Hufif, Robert K. Cassatt, Col. L. B. Huff, 
E. M. Gross, Richard Coulter, Alexander Coulter 
and Robert Pitcairn, Jr. Hon. George F. Huff is 
President ; Richard Coulter, Jr., Secretary, and 
L. B. Huff, Treasurer and General Manager. 



WALKER £? KEPLER 

531 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



The oldest established electrical house in the 
Quaker City. 

Business was first started in 1883 with a storeroom 
on South Tenth Street above Market and office room in 
the old Ledger Building, Sixth and Chestnut Streets. 
From the Ledger Building the office was moved to the 
basement of 108 South Fourth Street, to which place 
the storeroom was also moved. Business increased 
very rapidly and necessitated a change to larger 
quarters, which resulted in the occupancy of the pres- 
ent four-story building opposite the State House on 
Chestnut Street. 

JNIany of the foremost Philadelphians in business 
and private estates have been patrons of this old-estab- 
lished firm. 

Complete electric lighting and power plants have 
been installed for the illumination and power of the 
largest office buildings and manufacturing industries of 
the City and surrounding country, numbering hundreds 
of installations, both private and municipal. 

Walker & Kepler are able to satisfy any electrical 
want from the smallest to the greatest and can be 
relied upon for anything in this line of work. 



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COMPLETE - 

ELECTRIC 



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723 Walnut Street 

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Our registered trade-mark cverin^; THE CPXEHRATED C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAL 

corresponds to the Sterling Stamp on Silver, as the Initcd States Cleological Survey has made it 

THE STANDARD IdR GRADING ALL STEAM MEL 

C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS 



Is The Only American Coal That Has Been Officially Indorsed Ey THE GOVERNMENTS 
Of Great Britain. Germany And Austria. And Is The Favorite Fuel With The 
''I United States Navj , Which Has Used It Almost Exclusively For Many Years 

Unequaled for the Generation of Steam and Domestic Purposes 

CASTNER, CURRAN ^ BULLITT 

Sole Agents 

C. C. B. POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAL 

MAIN OFFICE: Arcade Building, 1 South 15th St., PHILA., PA. 




POCAHONTAS 

TRADE MARK REGISTEnED 



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SO Congress Street. Boston, Mass. 



BRANCH OFFICES: 

Citizens' Bank Building, Norfolk. Va, 
Neave Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111 
Terry Building, Roanoke, Va, 



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Hull, Hlyth is: Company, 4 Fenchurch Avenue, London, E. C, Englantl 



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TEXTILES 



Among the many branches of manufacture for 
which this city is celebrated, the textile industry 
undoubtedly shows the greatest relative progress. 

The industry had its beginning with the early 
settlers in the colony, several of whom engaged in 
the manufacture of "homespun" cloth, the product 
of their looms, supplying their own needs and the 
surplus being sold. The first known manufacturei 
of woolen cloth on a commercial scale was Samuel 
\\'etherill, who made various fabrics at the time of 
the Revolution and supplied clothing to the army. 
Several mills were established here early in the 
nineteenth century, the duty levied on foreign fab- 
rics in 1807 greatly stimulating the production of 
textiles in the United States. The manufacture of 
woolens and worsteds is probably the most promi- 
nent among the textile manufacturing interests 
here, there being ninety-three mills with a yearly 
output valued at over $12,000,000. and thirtv-six 
establishments manufacturing w-orsteds, whose an- 
nual production amounts to $27,000,000. 

Cotton and silk mills are also well represented, 
there being one hundred and twenty-two factories 
turning out each year cotton fabrics valued at 
nearly $16,000,000, while there are twenty-eight 
factories manufacturing each year silk valued at 
$4,500,000. 

In addition there are one hundred and fifty 
mills, equipped with the latest and most improved 
machinery, with an annual production of hosiery 
and knit goods valued at $15,000,000. Some of the 
hosiery manufacturers have, at great expense, 
equipped their machines with electric motors, doing 
away with shafting and belting, eliminating a 
source of great danger, and improving the sanitary 
condition of their mills through the absence of 
dirt-producing pulleys and belting. 

In the manufacture of carpets and rugs, in 
which Philadelphia leads the world, there are one 
hundred and fifty mills, employing 16,500 hands, 
and having a yearly output valued at $25,000,000. 

These diversified lines make necessary a score 
of others, among which are the dyeing and finish- 
ing works. There are over a hundred of these es- 
tajjlishments, giving employment to many thousand 
workers. 

The handling of raw materials is also a busi- 
ness of large volume, and in cotton there is an ex- 



tensive trade supplying the demands of the spin- 
ners of cotton yarns here and throughout the State. 
Some of these firms have a large trade among the 
New England mills, and the large concerns have 
direct connections in Liverpool, and supply the 
English manufacturers with cotton shipped direct 
from the South. 

This city also has a leading place in the wool 
market and has special prominence in the manufac- 
ture of worsted yarns which are used largely by 
the local mills in making cloth for men's wear, 
dress goods, and the finer grades of carpets. The 
spinning industry also includes the manufacture of 
ill kinds of cotton and woolen yarns for cloth, hos- 
iery and carpets. 

The product of these worsted and woolen 
mills is converted into clothing in this citv, and this 
industry alone includes three hundred and ninetv- 
seven establishments, which each year have a com- 
bined output worth over $20,000,000. 

This enonuous growth of the textile business 
has produced on the part of each manufacturer a 
desire to excel in his special line, with the result 
that there has been a steady improvement in the 
quality of the product. This is most noticeable in 
dress goods, the Philadelphia-made fabrics com- 
paring favorably with the finer grades of imported 
goods. 

One cannot conceive the magnitude of the tex- 
tile industries even with the facts here given. It 
is difficult to convey an idea of the amount of in- 
vested capital, the combined output, or the number 
of employees, which easily runs into six figures. 
There are many auxiliary industries made neces- 
sary by the manufacture of textiles, and the job- 
bing trade of the city represents many additional 
millions of invested capital. The dry goods com- 
mission business is represented by over a hundred 
firms, while fully seventy-five concerns deal in 
silk, woolen and cotton yarns. Some of the largest 
and most successful importing and jobbing houses 
engaged in the dry goods and notions trade are 
located here. 

Combined with the textile industries, with 
which they are directly allied, an aggregate is ob- 
tained that no other industry in this city of enor- 
mous production can reach, either in invested capi- 
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Market. Eighth and Filbert Streets 

In 1862 Justus C. Stravvbridge opened a store at the northwest corner of Market and Eighth Streets — the 
site whereon had been located the office of the Secretary of State when Thomas Jefferson held that important 
position in the nation's infancy. 

Surely this old corner has long been dedicated to the principles of equal rights and fair dealing among 
men and nations. 

In 1868 Isaac H. Clothier entered into partnership with Mr. Strawbridge, under the firm name of Straw- 
bridge & Clothier. The summer of that year was an eventful period in the lives of the ambitious young mer- 
chants. Important extensions were immediately planned, and a new and larger building was erected. 

The business is now owned solely and controlled e.xclusively by the sons of the founders: and it is the 
occupancy of that new store in tlie autumn of 1868 which is being commemorated during this month of 
October, 1908, by the Fortieth Anniversary Exposition, an event for which more extensive preparations have 
been made than upon any similar occasion. 

Many and larger additions have been made to the Strawbridge & Clothier store since 1868, but the 
establishing of the principles was the important thing — upon a foundation broader and stronger than bricks 
and stone has been reared the great store of to-day. 

From the beginning the one price principle has been maintained — not a new system then, however, though 
it is claimed to have been "originated'' long since. 

The customers of this store have also always been allowed the privilege of a fair exchange or return of 
goods that were not satisfactory. 

It has been a square deal business from its inception, and has never had to adopt "new" principles of 
trade, though quick to establish new methods and nnprovements. Its motto has ever been to sell merchan- 
dise of trustw'orthy quality only, at prices as low as possible with good service : to require courtesy from every 
employee to every visitor ; to lead in every movement toward better methods of serving the public. 

The Strawbridge & Clothier store is the oldest of the large general stores in Philadelphia, and is doubtless 
among the half-dozen largest in America. In addition to the retail store, as shown in the picture, extending 
from Market to Filbert Streets, are the immense wholesale and garment manufacturing building, on the north 
side of Filbert Street, and the great warehouses on Race and Cherry Streets. 

The stocks of merchandise exceed five millions of dollars, and the business of the firm in manv of the most 
important lines is larger than that of any other store in Philadelphia. 

The number of employees is appro.ximately five thousand, and this great organization is rated above the 
average in character, intelligence and efficiency. The members of tne firm as well as the managerial staff 
maintain close relationship with the entire body of helpers, with an unusual regard for the welfare of all, 
giving substantial encouragement to every movement for bettering their condition. 

The Strawbridge & Clothier Relief Association and the Strawbridge & Clothier Saving Fund are among 
the pioneer organizations of the kind in America. A Pension Fund for the benefit of employees growing old 
in the store's service has l>een established, and a large sum already accumulated. Another organization of 
which the firm is proud is the Strawbridge and Clothier Chorus, made up entirely of store employees, and 
regarded as among Philadelphia's notable musical organizations. 

This is the only large store in Philadelphia that is not opened at night during the holiday shopping 
season, the finn looking beyond the extra dollars that would thus be gained, and believing that this policy 
serves the best interests of the public as well as of their employees. 

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the largest Specialty Cloak and Suit house in the city. 

Our policy and principle since this time has been to make this store a helpful 
one to fashion's votaries, thereby winning the high regard as well as the patronage 
of the people of the community. 

Keeping step with the times and well to the foreground in the progression 
of the Cloak and Suit industry — with four stores established in Philadelphia, 
New York, Buffalo and Brooklyn — has given us preeminence as providers of the 
latest and most exclusive creations in women's outergarments at reasonable prices. 



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STETSON HATS 




JOHN B. STETSON COMPANY 

PHILADELPHIA 

RETAIL DEARTMENT, 1108 CHESTNUT STREET 



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STETSON HATS 



JOHN B. STETSON in 1865 began in Phila- 
delphia the manufacture of fur felt hats of a 
quality and style never previously made. As a 
result of the merit of its product, the business, later 
mcorporated as the John B. Stetson Company, has 
since that time steadily and rapidly grown until to- 
day it occupies the largest and most complete hat 
factory in the world, engaged exclusively in the 
manufacture of the finest fur felt hats. The plant, a 
view of which appears on the opposite page, has a 
floor space of twenty-two acres, and in it forty-nine 
hundred employees are constantly engaged. 

This factory is one of the show places of indust- 
rial Philadelphia, not only because of its magnitude 
and the world-wide fame of Stetson hats, but because 
in no other single place in the world can be seen 
all the processes of hat manufacture, from the raw, 
fur-bearing skin to the finished hat. 

Thousands of visitors to Philadelphia have made 
the tour of this great industrial establishment and 
have seen the development of a Stetson hat under 
conditions which have made this Company justly 
celebrated for the considerate and liberal treatment 
of its employees. 



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PHILADELPHIA 

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Young, Smyth, Field Company 



ESTABLISHED 1842 



Wholesale Distributors 

of everything that is best in Philadelphia quality. Direct importers 
from all European markets : 

Underwear Hosiery 

Gloves White Goods 

Small Wares Furnishing Goods 

Trimmings Curtains 



Sole Distributors of GUARANTEED^SCIUarGdEa I" Hosiery, 
Smythfield Underwear, Le Triomphe and Fit Rite Gloves. 



Young, Smyth, Field Company 

1216-1218-1220 Arch Street 
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(259 Fifth Avenue 

( 180 Broadway 

. 51 and 52 Hanover Building 

. 233 Tremont Building 

. Morgan Building 

. 1007 and 1008 Hartford Building 

. Victoria Trust Building 

. McCance Block 

. Neave Building 

. 705 Lumber Exchange Building 

. 1032 Majestic Building 

. 63 1 Garfield Building 

. 522 Bond Building 

. Keller Building 

. 830 Broad Street 

. Wells Building 

. 508 L. & L. & G. Building 



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LONDON \V. 

This firm was established in 1823, and is the largest and oldest woolen house in America. They have 
warehouses in London, Philadelphia and Montreal, and sales offices in all the principal cities in America and 
Europe, and distribute their goods to almost every part of the world. Thcv carry a full line of goods suitable for 
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I'or many years our city has enjoyed the (hstinction of being the most important centre for 
the manufacture of floor coverings in the United States. It is here that every grade is manu- 
factured from the lowest-priced rag carpet to the most expensive royal Wilton rug. 

In what is known as the Kensington District carpet mills are very nuirierous ; so much so that 
the visitor to this section is surprised at their close pro.ximity to each other. Prominent among 
these are the mills of The Hirst-Roger Company, situated on Allegheny Avenue near Kensington 
.\venue, and of easy access to all parts of the city because of the many car facilities. These mills 
manufacture Tapestry Brussels and Velvet carpets and rugs in a great variety of sizes and grades. 

.\11 the goods made by this Company are made by what is known as the drum-printing 
method — a process which requires both art and science to produce a well made and durable fabric. 

The process is a very lengthy and intricate one, and is extremely interesting, as well as mysti- 
fying, to the novice who views it for the first time. In the manufacture of these goods the yarn 
passes through some twelve or fourteen different processes before it is converted into the finished 
carpet or rug. 

The business of The Hirst-Koger Company was established in 1886 by Richard Hirst and 
Arthur G. Roger, who traded under the firm name of Hirst & Roger. Their first location was on 
North Ninth Street, above Columbia Avenue; and their plant consi.sted of one printing drum and two 
looms. In view of the fact, however, that both Messrs. Hirst and Roger were thoroughly practical 
men, having served their apprenticeship in some of the largest mills in England and this country, 
the business grew steadily until it has assumed its present proportions. Some five or si.x years ago 
when the demand for rugs became pronounced, the Hirst-Roger Company turned their attention in this 
direction, and equipped their plant with the best uji-to-date rug machinery, so that to-day the mills 
have a very large output on this class of floor coverings. Their I'topia and Lenox grades of Tape.-itry 
rugs, as well as the Alhambra velvet, have become well known in every State in the country. 

The same may be said of their Wissahickon and Spring Garden grades of carpets. 

The mills traded under the firm name of Hirst & Roger until January i. 1905, when they were 
incorijorated under Pennsylvania State laws, under the title of The Hirst-Roger Company, with 
Richard Hirst, president: Arthur G. Roger, vice-president, and John T. Konimer. secretary and 
treasurer. Mr. Kommer has been associated with the mills, in various capacities, for a period extend- 
ing over nineteen years. The death of .Arthur G. Roger on March 16, 1907, made necessary a change 
in the officers of the Coiupany. Mr. Richard Hirst retained the presidency: John T. Konimer became 
vice-president and treasurer, and Walter Cowdrick, who had been with the Company for ten years, 
was made secretary. This Company was one of the first to inaugurate the present system of making 
Tapestry Brussels rugs. 



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The large plant of the John Mawson Hair Cloth Co., at Kensington Avenue and X'enango 
Streets, fittingly illustrates what indomitable will and persistent pluck will accomplish. The 
business was started but ten years ago by Mr. JNlawson. who at that time had one loom, and the 
mill consisted of a small room in what he terms a "shack." He was his own weaver, loom-fixer, 
business manager and salesman, but the prospects looked bright to him. and although everyone 
predicted dire failure, he plodded along much encouraged by orders, which the high (juality of 
the goods he manufactured was bound to bring. 

Mr. Mawson had but four hundred dollars when he started his mill ami the increased busi- 
ness in the first year, although small, made it necessary for him to get increased ca])ital. The 
business was therefore incorporated under its present firm name, but Mr. Mawson has long since 
bought everv share of stock held Ijy other ])ersons, and is now the absolute and only owner "i 
the business. All this has been accomplished in ten years in addition to building a mill at a cost 
of $46,000: another one adjoining at a cost of $17,000. and installing a jjcrfect equijiment which 
now consists of 220 looms and the accessory machinery. 

The product of the Mawson establishment is hair cloth, serge linings and French llanncls. 
Nearly everyone is familiar with the manner of making linings and flannels, liut few know 
mucli about hair cloth and its manufacture. Sjjecia] looms are required for the work : and the 
horse hair, taken only from the tail of the animal, and of various lengths conies to the mill in 
round bundles about two and a half inches in diameter. In weaving, a cotton war]) is used and 
the hair, after lieing loosened, is placed near the loom, where a selecter, with almost human pre- 
cision, picks up a single hair from the bunch. This is quickly grasped by the ni])])cr. which 
carries it across to the loom and quickly returns for each succeeding hair the selecter takes 
up. ( )nce at tlie loom the work of weaving is similar to that where cotton yarns are used. 

The hair used comes from Siberia and Russia, and the price is governed by tlie jiroduction 
there. The peasants come into the villages twice a year, the occasion of their semi-annual fair, 
and bring the horse tails just as they are cut from the animal. These are bought by agents of 
the hair manufacturer, the prices being low or high, according to the plentifulness or scarcitv 
of the tails. It is then washed, dressed and sorted into lengths, the long jiieces being used for 
weaving and the shorter ones fur brush makers and mattress manufacturers. The best hair 
comes from the wild horses in .^duth .\nicrica. but as they are now nearly extinct, jiri ductiim 
from that source is ended. 

There are two ounces of weaving hair in e^ch horse tail and seven pounds make eighty 
yards of cloth, so that it means the extinction of a horse and a half for each yard made. The 
price of the liair is now about Si.io jier pound, and ranges from a lower figure to $1.75. which is 
the highest reached. What will be done when the su]iply is exliausted is hard to surmise, as 
nothing lias ever been found, or is likely to be. that will suiijilant jiorse hair in niakint; h'nings, 
as the elasticitv which makes a garment retain its jierfect sliape is lost in any other material. 

Mr. Mawson ascribes his success to the fair manner in which he treats everyone and tlie 
high quality of the goods he makes. That thev are po])ular and in demand is proven by the 
fact that in nine out of the ten years he has been in business, his mills liavc run twenty-fnur 
hours every day. He caters only to the best trade, to which he sells direct, having a resident 
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C. EDWIN WEBB, Vice-Piesident 



JOHN S. WHILLDIN, Treasurer 
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Cotton Yams, Wool, Hair, Noils 

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30-36 So. 15th Street 100 Md. Nat. Bk. BIdg. 242 Equitable Bldg. 

NEW YORK CHICAGO CINCINNATI 

39 and 41 Thomas Si.— 217 Church St. 294 5th Avenue 900 Neave Bldg. 

BOSTON ST. LOUIS SEATTLE 

78 Chauncy Street 448 Century Bldg. 405 Bailey Bldg. 

SELLING AGENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING MILLS: 

Erwin Cotton Mills Co. Clifton Mfg. Co. 

DURHAM, N. C. . LiONDALE MiLLS 

Erwin Cotton Mills Co. D E_ Converse Co. 



cooleemee, n. c. 

Erwin Cotton Mills Co. 

DUKE, N. c. 



Glendale Mills 

Natchez Cotton Mills 



Durham Cotton Mfg. Co. Arkwright Mills ^. 

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Pearl Cotton Mills Arcadia Mills '!; 

Aurora Cotton Mills Toccoa Cotton Mills % 

Exposition Cotton Mills Cowpens Mfg. Co. !•: 

Trion Mfg. Co. Neuse River Mills j- 

Glenn-Lowry Mfg. Co. George Brown's Sons ;'v 

Great Falls Mfg. Co. Byram Mfg. Cq. 'i, 

Parkmount Mills ^ 

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H. & W. H. LEWIS 



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WORSTEDS AND WOOLENS 

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KOHN, ADLER & CO. 

Importers and Manufacturers 

RIBBONS, SILKS 

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MILLINERY 
GOODS 

IVholesale Only 

720 MARKET STREET 

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H. H. Ragg ^ Co. 

The wool trade is one of the most impor- 
tant of the many mercantile branches which 
have added to this city's great prosperity, 
because of the number of factories located here 
for the weaving of carpets and all kinds of 
woolens and textiles. It is a well-known fact that 
the Quaker City is the centre of the carpet trade 
of the country and manufactures nearly 80 per 
cent, of such goods. 

Among the firms identified with the wool 
business is that of H. H. Ragg & Co., who have 
offices and storerooms at 18 Letitia Street. Mr. 
Harold H. Ragg is an Englishman by birth, and 
came to this country in 1891 ; started business in 
the same year, and in 1895 organized the firm of 
H. H. Ragg & Co. He has built up a very im- 
portant trade with local mills, and by acceptable 
business methods has done much in upholding 
the high mercantile standards of wool dealers in 
the business conununitv. 



Founded 1843 



W. p. West & Son 



1 1 BANK STREET 



PHILADELPHIA 



Pocketings, Wigans, etc. 
Canvas Paddings 



NEW YORK 

BALTIMORE 



CHICAGO 
DUNDEE 



Harrison B. Scheil Henry W. Taylor Wm. M. Longslreth 



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YARNS 



230 and 232 Chestnut Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



BOTH PHONES 



GEORGE W. CHAPIN 

229-231 CHURCH STREET 



COTTON YARNS 

Crochet Lace Edgings 

TORCHON LACES 

Braids Threads Tapes 

For Manufacturers 



GEORGE W. CHAPIN 



229-231 Church St. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



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H. A. Romberger 




H. A. Rombergcr, one of the most progressive 
manufacturers of high-grade hosiery, has in thir- 
teen \ears built up a very large business by goods 
of quality which he obtains by the use of the best 
materials and the employment of skilled workers. 

Mr. Romberger has three mills in this State, 
located at IMiddletown, Newport and Wiconisco, 
maintains offices in Rooms 336 and 338 The 
Bourse, and has selling offices in New York, Balti- 
more, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Chicago. 

The product of the mills are men's, women's 
and infants' hosiery in all the popular lines. 

-Mr. Rombergcr ascribes his success to methods 
a little different from those generally used, whicii 
consist of a i)erfect system of organization, not 
only in the conduct of his mills, but in the executive 
end of his business, where ofttimes shrewdness ajid 
skill are factors to be rcckonci] with. 

Then in the production of his goods he uses 
the best stock and obtains the best possible work- 
manship because he never shuts down the mill> 
and never runs on short time. 

Jhis forethought for the welfare of the opera- 
tors has a tendency to secure belter effort on their 
l)art. and the production of a Inglier grade of goocW. 
reducing the great e.xiiense of imiierfect work to 
a minimum and insuring better service to the 
wearer of the product. 

Mr. Romberger's goods are known wherever 
the best hosiery is sold, and his jjroduct is distri- 
buted all over the United States, with a fair share 
of export trade. 



Alphia Knitting Mills 

The Alphia Knitting Mills. occui)ying the 
large building at Nos. 310-312 and 314 North 
Orianna Street, were started in 1SS4 by M. A. 
Metz. 

The business at this time was confined to the 
manufacture of crochet goods and the product was 
of the best quality, bringing a steadily increasing 
trade. 

In 1896 the firm name was changed to M. A. 
Metz & Bro., H. W. Metz, a brother, being ad- 
mitted to partnership. 

The firm hatl been so successful in the manu- 
facture and marketing of crochet goods that it de- 
cided to increase the field of operations, and in 
1898 the manufacture of sweaters and other knit 
goods was commenced. 

The same success that marked the founding of 
the original business followed the introduction of 
the added lines, until now the Alphia Mills are 
among the largest in tlie country making this class 
of goods, with selling agencies in New York. Chi- 
cago and San Francisco. 

The full line manufactured includes knit and 
crochet novelties, sweaters, sweater coats and many 
other articles made of wnnlcn >'arn or zephyr. 



Established since 1885 



Win. B. Threapleton's 
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MANUFACTURERS OF 



Full Fashioned 
and Seamless 

HOSIERY 

Howard and Huntin§:don Streets 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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THE ARGO MILLS CO. 



SPINNERS 



HIGH GRADE COTTON YARNS 



MILLS 

Gloucester City, N. J. 



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Merchant and Manner Building 



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Kensington Building 
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Chicago Salesroom 

American Exp. Building 
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Bassett, McNab ^ Co. 

1009 Filbert Street 
Philadelphia 

Importers and Jobbers of Upholstery 
Goods of Every Description 



This well known house is the direct successor 
of Brown, De Turck & Co., who commenced this 
business at 218 South Second Street in 1878, and 
after a long and very successful career were suc- 
ceeded by De Turck, Bassett & Co., and in a short 
while moved to the above address, and were suc- 
ceeded by Bassett, McNab & Co., February 15, 1902. 

This shows a continuance of thirty years' busi- 
ness, and trade relations of the present firm extend to 
all parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico. 
It is the fixed intention of this house to keep at all 
times in the fore, with every new design in silk, 
wool, linen and cotton fabrics of the very best 
manufacturers of Europe and America. In addi- 
tion a line of cabinet hardware is always in stock. 

The names of the gentlemen comprising the 
I^resfiit firm are: Henry Bassett, Chas. M. Stout. 
Henry J. Fudge, James C. Chamberlain, all well- 
known citizens of Philadelphia. 



Sharpless & Sharpless 






19 South Fifteenth Street 
18 South Broad Street 

100 Yards South of Bioad Street Station 



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and Collars of their own make when 
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1127 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA 

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LINCOLNl 



Trade Mark Registered 



SUSPENDERS 



GARTERS 



BELTS 



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The LOCKHART-MAC BEAN CO., Inc. 




12 J7 Market Street, Philadelphia 



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Thomas Kent Manufacturing Co. 



Woolen Goods 



Blankets 



Manufacturers of 



Flannels 



Fine French Worsted Yarns 



U. S. Standard Olive Drab Covert Cloths, Flannels and Serges a Specialty 



MILLS 

union mills 
rockbourne mills 
ridley mills 
runnymede mills 



CLIFTON HEIGHTS 



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Miner and Shipper of 

VALLEY SMOKELESS 
BITUMINOUS COAL 

and Manufacturer of 

BECCARIA FURNACE AND 
FOUNDRY COKE 



GENERAL OFFICES: 

1110-1115 Penn Square Building 

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Incorporated 1903 



H. A. Mctz & Co. 

104 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia 



Aniline and Alizarine 

Colors 

Dycstuffs and 

Chemicals 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



BENCH AND BAR 



For over two hundred years Philadelphia's 
Bench and Bar have been adorned b)' some of the 
greatest minds known to the legal world — men of 
argumentative skill, brilliant oratory and keen power 
of anal_\'sis, and as a natural sequence it was here 
that the first law school in America was established. 

A half century before the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence was signed the province began to be 
noticed for the learning and attainments of its 
judges and lawyers, and during the ensuing hun- 
dred years this fame was greatly added to by the 
skill and probity with which the English common 
law was interpreted for the early colonists, and with 
equal intelligence modified to suit the changed con- 
ditions following the Revolution of 1776. 

At that period new questions were constantly 
arising, and the early legislation of the province 
attests the progressive spirit of the lawyers, as many 
of them were members of the legislative body. 

The history of Revolutionary times shows that 
the judges of the courts at that period were men 
famous for their learning and painstaking care, and 
that the members of the Bar enjoyed a like reputa- 
tion, being profound in their knowledge of the law 
and skilful in the presentation of their cases. 

It may with justice be noted that the probity 
of the Bar has been jealously maintained to the 
present day, and that the reputation of its members 
for learning suffers nothing in comparison with 
that of the legal giants of the past two centuries. 

In a retrospect as brief as this it is impossible 
to give the long list of illustrious names that have 
figured in the legal history of the city since the 
provincial period — names that have spurred on 
many a struggling student and been the incentive 
to effort that has added other honored names to 
the roll. 

The customs and traditions of the earlv Bar 
are remembered with reverence by the lawyers of 
the present day, and the system of courts, noted for 
simplicity, still i^revails and bears daily testimony 
to the strong legal knowledge of the pioneers of the 
profession. 



But the Bar as now constituted does not de- 
pend upon history and tradition for its eminence. 
It is not on account of the great men who have 
made it famous and respected in the past that it 
enjoys the confidence of the entire country, but 
rather on account of the zeal, earnestness and allegi- 
ance of its present members, who are as learned and 
devoted as any of their predecessors. 

There are, of course, in a body of men 
numerically as large as the present-day Bar those 
who are weaklings and some who are unscrupu- 
lous : but taken ensemble the quality has never de- 
teriorated, and the gentleness, dignity and learning 
that characterized the jurist of the old days still 
survive. 

It is because of changed conditions that we 
occasionally refer to the "old school" and sigh for 
the "old-fashioned lawyer," forgetting that in the 
hurry and bustle of modern life the lawyer of a 
half century ago would be at an immeasurable 
disadvantage. 

These conditions have not changed the quality 
of the Bar, but have merely brought into being a 
practitioner and counselor who, while possessing the 
qualities of strict integrity, deep learning, and bril- 
liant oratory, has in addition the powers of quick 
analysis and instant decision — necessary require- 
ments in the new environment. 

The powdered wig. the "claw-hannner" coat 
with brass buttons and the laced sleeves and knee- 
breeches, associated in our minds with courtliness 
and dignity, have vanished, but the man of the hour 
remains. He is not picturesque — he may not be even 
graceful — but he is learned, able and gentle, quick 
to act with fidelitv to court and client, resourceful of 
brain, and giving the same honesty of purpose to his 
profession as did the man of yore. 

The spirit of modern times has revolutionized 
every trade and profession, but the Bar of Phila- 
delphia has changed but little. It has advanced in 
methods, but not to the detriment of dignity, and 
has jealously guarded the three attributes that made 
it famous : honesty — gentleness — learning. 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



DIMNER BEEBER 




Dininer Beflitr. jurist. lawyer ami financier, was luirn 
in Muncy, Pa.. Marcli 8, 1854, of German ancestry. His 
greatgrandfatlier, having settled in Berks County in 1768, 
took part in the Revolutionary War, and was awarded 
a tract of land in the valley of the west branch of the 
Susquehanna River for services rendered. It was upon 
this tract, now a part of Lycoming County, that the soldier 
settled after the war, and it was there that his descendants 
lived for three generations. 

As a boy Mr. Beeber evinced a strong desire for books 
and study, and his parents, being in good circumstances, 
allowed him to follow his inclinations for a professional 
life. 

He received his preparatory training at the Selins 
Grove Academy, afterwards entering Pennsylvania College 
at Gettysburg, and graduated as a bachelor of arts at the 
age of twenty years. 

During his school and college days he displayed an 
unusual fondness for the study of English classics, biogra- 
phies and history, all of which inspired an ambition for a 
public career. 

Upon graduation, in 1874, Mr. Beeber took up the 
study of law in the office of his brother, J. .^rtley Beeber, 
Williamsport, and two years later was admitted to prac- 
tice. He removed to Philadelphia in 1876 and .soon made 
a place among the leaders of the younger Bar. 

In 1884 he became a partner in the firm of Jones, 
Carson & Beeber, the other members being J. Levering 
Jones and Hampton L. Car.son, Attorney-General of the 
State under Governor Pennypacker. This firm enjoyed an 
extensive practice and was engaged in some of the most 
important cases before the State and Federal Courts. It 
was dissolved by the withdrawal of Mr. Carson, since 
which time Mr. Beeber practised alone, although still 
occupying the same suite of offices in the L.ind litle I'.uild- 
ing with Mr. Jones. 

Recognizing Mr. Bceber's fitness for public position, 
seven hundred prominent members of the Bar signed a 
testimonial in i8<)S, riroinmcnding his nomination as Dis- 



trict .Attorney. .\ vacancy occurring in the Superior Court 
in January, 1899, Governor Hastings appointed him to fill 
the vacant place. He served with distinction for one year, 
but, not being a self-seeking politician, he made no eflfort 
to secure a nomination and election for the full ten-year 
term, and retired to his private practice upon the installa- 
tion of his successor in January, 1900. Judge Beeber has 
achieved distinction in financial and business circles, as 
well as in the ranks of the legal profession. He has been 
for years a member of the Union League, serving for one 
term as Vice-President of that body, and was elected its 
President in December, 1906, to succeed the present Gov- 
ernor, Edwin S. Stuart. He is also President of The 
Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company, 
located at Twelfth and Chestnut Streets, to the affairs of 
which he devotes himself during the banking hours of 
each day. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Club and 
of the American and State Bar Associations. During his 
college career he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta 
Society, and has since been an honorary member of the 
Phi Beta Kappa. He has been awarded the honorary 
degree of A.M. by Princeton University. 

In politics Judge Beeber is a Republican of a pro- 
nounced independent type. He holds the duties of citizen- 
ship to be paramount to those of a partisan, and has not 
hesitated to act independently in local and municipal 
politics. wluM. in his judgment, independence would bcs' 
promote the public interest. He has taken a prominent 
part in presidential campaigns, beginning with the Garfield 
campaign in 1880. He remains loyal to the faith of his 
German ancestry in religious matters, and is prominently 
identified with the Lutheran denomination. 

Judge Beeber attributes his first strong impulse 
towards a career at the Bar to reading in his boyhood 
d.ays the biographies of statesmen and lawyers. He counts 
among the influences of his life's success home, school and 
early companionship in the order named, supplemented 
by private study and extensive contact with men in active 
life in his later career. 



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Z Joseph M. Gazzani, the well-known lawyer, identical with the law now in force, but which was 

* was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., December 2, 1842. defeated in the lower house. He was author of 
% His father. Dr. Edward Despard Gazzam was the law which did away with the calls for spe- 
f promment as a physician, lawyer and stateman, cial elections for State officers, and thus affected 
3- and was one of the organizers of the Free Soil a great saving to the State, and maiiv other ini- 

Party and its first candidate for Governor. His jiortant acts. He was appointed by Governor 
mother w'as Elizabeth Antoinette de Beelen de William A. Stone, Commissioner from Penn- 
Bertholft' and was a granddaughter of Baron sylvania to represent the State at the South 
Frederick Eugene de Beelen de BertholfT, who Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposi- 
was Austrian Minister to the United States from tion of 1902, and also a mem.ber of the Penn- 
1783 to 1787. Air. Gazzam was educated at sylvania Commission, by Governor Samuel ^^'. 
the L'niversity of \\'estern Pennsylvania and Pennypacker to the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 
was admitted to the Allegheny County bar, tion at St. Louis. 

Januar}- 6, 1864. His admission to the Supreme Mr. Gazzam is president of the Rees Welsh 

Court of Pennsylvania occurred Xovember, Digest and Law Publishing Company, was one 

of the organizers of Quaker City National 
Bank, and fourteen years its vice-president. He 
is vice-president cf the Ames-Bonner Company, 
of Toledo, Ohio ; vice-president of the Dent's 
Run Coal Company, Pennsylvania : chairman 
of the Board of Directors of Peale, Peacock & 
Kerr, Incorporated ; director in the Delaware 
Company, and others. He was one of the pro- 
jectors of the Beech Creek Railroad and the 
town of Gazzam was named for him. 

J\Ir. Gazzam is a life member of the Penn- 
sylvania Historical Society, the Fairmount Park 
Association, the Franklin Institute, Horticultural 
Association of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania 
Forestry Association, Pennsylvania Academy cf 
Fine Arts, Zoological Society, the .-\merican 
1867; to the Circuit and District Courts of the Academy of f^olitical and Social Science, and 

* United States in Alay, 1869, and to the Supreme member of the Genealogical Society of Penn- 
f Court of the United States, A larch ly, 1870. sylvania, the Archseological and Pal?eontological 
f He practiced law in Pittsburgh until 1879, his Society of the I'niversity. He is an ex-president 

* partner being ex-Congressman Cochran, who of the Pennsylvania Club, a life member of the 
? is vice-president of the Missouri Pacific Rail- L'nion League and Lawyers' Club of Philadel- 

* road. In 1879 Mr. Gazzam removed to Phila- phia, a memlicr of the Young Re|)ublicaiis of 

* delphia where he has since practiced, and is now Philadelphia, the National Arts Club and the 
f the senior member of the firm of Gazzam, Wal- City Club, of Nev,' York City, and the Toledo 




f lace and Lukens, with offices in the Baile\' Club of Toledo, Ohio 

t 

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'.uilding. No. 1218 Chestnut Street. Mr. Gazzam was married in 1893 to Nellie t 

^ Mr. Gazzam is a Republican in politics. .M. .\ndrews, of New Orleans, and they have T 

|; He was a member of the City Council of Pitts- two children, Joseph M. Gazzam. Jr., and Olivia |; 

I burgh in 1869-73 a"tl elected State Senator in M. deB. Gazzam. His city residence is No. 265 ^ 

^ 1876, from the Forty-third Senatorial District South Nineteenth Street and his summer home * 

'f of Pennsylvania. While so serving he intro- is the picturesque Kenilwcrth Inn, at Biltmore, T 

'k duced a marriage license hill, which was almost N. C. J 

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459 



OFFiriAL TlISTDRirAL SOU\li\IK 



Russell Duane 

Russell Duane was born on Jmu- 15. 1866, 
being the son of Rev. Clias. W. Duane. a clergy- 
man of the Protestant Episcoi)al L'iun-ch. He is 
a lineal descendant of Benaniin Franklin : Richard 
iJaclie. former Poslmaster-General ; William j. 
Duane, former Secretary of the Treasury, and John 
Inskecp. former Mayor of Philadcl])hia. 

Mr. Duane received the degree of A.B. in 1888 
from Harvard University and the degree of LL.P.. 
in 1891 from the I'niversity of Pennsylvania. 
Since that time he has practised law coiuinuouslv 
in the city of I'hiladelphia, having been since U)04 
the senior member of the law firm of E)uane, 
Morris. Heckscher & Roberts, having offices at 1617 
to 1623 Land Title Pniilding. He has devoted him- 
self mainly to active practice in the courts, having 
appeared constantly in the local courts and from 
time to time in the .'supreme Court of the I'nited 
States, the I'nited States Circuit Courts of .Appeal 
for the Second and Third Circuits and the I'nited 
States Circuit Courts for the Eastern and Middle 
Districts of Pennsylvania and the Southern District 
of Xew York and in the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania. Among the notable litigations with which 
he has been connected ma\- be mentioned the l-'rench 
Spoliation cases at Washington and the Behring 
Sea Arbitration between the I'nited States and 
Great Britain. He is also Lecturer on Court Pro- 
cedure at the law school of the L'niversity of 
Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Duane is a member of the .\nierican Philo- 
sophical Society, the Philadelphia Club, the l'ni- 
versity Club, the Peiin Club, tiie Phi I'eta Kappa 
Society, the .American Bar Association, the Phi 
Kappa Sigma Fraternity, the Conteiuporary Club, 
the Young Republican Club, the Society of the 
Sons of the l\e\iihuion. the Society of the War of 
181 2, the American .Academy of Political and Social 
Science. ;md the Jniiii r Legal Club. 

Mr. Duane is married, has three children and 
resides at 2028 DeLancey Place, Phila<leiphia. 



George Valentine Massey 




George \'. Massey was born December 16, 
1841, in West ^^'hiteland Township, Chester County, 
Pennsylvania, lie moved to Dover, Delaware, in 
1855, and resided there continuously until July, 
1895. H*-' I'eceiNcd an academic education at 
I'reeland Seminary (now Crsinus College), in 
.Montgomery County, and at a school at Delaware 
Water Ga]5. 

.Mr. Massey servetl with distinction in the Civil 
War as a first lieutenant, Delaware \'oluiUeer 
Cavalry. I'. S. .A., and on the ( Icneral Staff of the 
-Army as Assistant .Xdjutant-Cieneral and .Assistant 
lns])ector-General. with the rank of Captain and 
Lieutenant-Colonel, respectively. Mr. Massey was 
admitted to the Delaware Bar in ( )ctober, 18^)5, and 
for thirty years engaged in active general jjractice 
of his |)rofessiou in that .^tate. becoming a solicitor 
for the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore 
Railroad L'oiupany in 1876. Mr. .Massey was a 
luember of the Wurld's t'olumbian Comiuissinn in 
Chicago, and also one of the "Council of .Adiuinis- 
tration" which was charged with the supervision 
and generjil management of the Exposition. He 
represented Delaware as a delegate-at-large in the 
Republican .Xational Convention at Chicago in 1884, 
anil at .Minneapolis in iS<)2. 

( )n .August I. i8c)5. .Mr. Massey became Assist- 
ant General Solicitor, Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany. 

< )n .Xovember u, nioj. Mr. Masse\' was made 
General Solicitor to succeed Judge Logan, and on 
.Xovctubcr 2^1, i(>02. the organization for con<liicting 
the business of the Company was amended, creating 
the office of General Counsel, to which office Nfr. 
Massey was ajipointtd. 



460 



22STH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Wendell Phillips Bowman 




(leneral Wendell I'hillips Bowman is a de- 
scendant of a family well known in history, both 
in England and in the L'nited States, for energy 
and ability in the activities of human affairs, in 
behalf of civil and religious liberty, and for the 
uplifting of the human race. 

He was born in Philadelphia, wdiere the Bow- 
mans have had the honor of residing contempor- 
aneously with William Penn, and continuously 
since 1698, and the General's country residence, 
"Elm Hall." iNIerion. has been a portion of the 
Bowman E^state in a continuous line of family 
title from the Colonial days down to the present 
time — a rare record in this country. 

General Bowman has always been actively 
identified with every- movement in his time for 
the benefit and development of his native city, and 
reveres its historic distinction and precious mem- 
ories and has an abiding faith in its present and 
future. 

His life has been an active one from his 
earliest youth in the affairs of men, his city, 
State and country, having achieved eminent suc- 
cess and distinction in the profession of law and 
in military life. 

Imbued with a military spirit by nature and 
with love of country from his boyhood, he has 
been active in the military service of his State and 
country, serving in the great Civil War, the War 
with Spain and for more than thirty years in the 
National Guard of Pennsylvania, being over 
twenty years Colonel of the First Regiment until 
his promotion, in 1907, to his present rank of 
Brigadier-General. 

Mrs. Bowman, too, is entitled to share in the 
achievements of the General's active life. Her 
father was the late Reverend Thomas S. Malcolm, 
D.D., and her accomplished mother is a Van 
Dyck, both representing a long line of public- 
spirited people in art, literature, and theology. 



Abram H. Wintersteen 




.^bram H. Wintersteen was born at Port 
Carbon, Pennsylvania, March 2^, 1857, ^nd was 
graduated at Princeton in 1878. His record in 
college was one of distinction. He was among 
the honormen in scholarship at graduation, and 
was awarded the class of 1859 prize in English 
literature — delivering the English literature 
oration at commencement. He was one of the 
two men of his class who obtained both Junior 
Orator and Lx'nde Debate honors — the chief 
college honors of the time, apart from scholar- 
ship. 

After teaching for a time in the Princeton 
Preparatory School he came to Philadelphia and 
studied law with Hon. Wayne MacVeagh and 
the late George Tucker Bispham, and was ad- 
mitted to the Bar in January, 1884, since which 
time he has been in the active practice of law at 
Philadelphia. 

For a number of years he was associated 
as assistant with the law firm of MacVeagh and 
Eiispham, and conducted many important cases 
for them. In 1895, upon Mr. MacVeagh's re- 
tirement from practice in Philadelphia, upon his 
appointment as Ambassador to Italy, the law 
firm of Bispham, Wintersteen and Barnes was 
organized, in which Mr. Wintersteen was the 
second member, this partnership continuing tili 
the death of Mr. Bispham in 1906. The firm is 
now composed of Mr. Wintersteen and John 
Hampton Barnes and Sharswood Brinton, with 
offices in Girard Building, Broad and Chestnut 
Streets. Their business is of a general and com- 
prehensive character, their clients embracing 
among them many of the representative citizens 
and institutions in Philadelphia. Mr. Winter- 
steen is solicitor for The Pennsylvania Steel 
Company, Maryland Steel Company, Midvale 
Steel Company, The Pennsylvania Fire Insur- 
ance Companw Carnegie Steel Company, and 
his firm are retained as general solicitors of 
Girard Trust Company. 



461 



OFI-ICIAL I! ISrORK AI. SOL'VHXIK 



Reuben O. Moon 




Reuben O. Moiin. one uf the best-kn(.)\vn lawyers 
now practicing al the Philadelphia Bar. was burn in 
the State of New Jersey, and is descended from John 
Moon, one of the earliest Judges of the State of Penn- 
sylvania, who was appointed to the bench by King's 
Commission about the year of 1684. Mr. Moon's 
father, Aaron L. Moon, was one of the most success- 
ful teachers in New Jersey, and it was under his care- 
ful training that the subject of this sketch received 
his preliminary schooling. This was supplemented by 
a college course, and after graduation, in 1S74. Mr. 
Moon taught school in the State of his birth, and 
finally came to Philadelphia to accept a professorship 
in ;i prominent institution of learning. 

Mr. Moon is an elocutionist of great power, and his 
well-stored mind led him, at this period, to the lecture 
platform. He afterwards decided to take up the study 
of law, and after graduation and admission to the 
bar in 1884, associated with the late George W, .\rnn- 
del and soon built up a fine practice. 

.Mr. Moon was admitted to jiractice in the Supreme 
Coi-.rt in 1886 and to the United States Courts in 1890. 
Me has been president of the Columbia Club, and is a 
member of the Union League, Penn Club, the Lawyers' 
Club, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and other 
prominent organizations. 

He is a Republican in politics, and was elected to 
the Fifty-eighth Congress, November 2. 1903, to llll 
the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Robert 11. 
Focrdcrcr, and was re-elected to the Fifty-ninth and 
Sixtieth Congresses by largely increased inajorities. 
His career in Congress has been marked by service on 
several important committees. He is at present Chair- 
man of the Committee on the Revision of the Laws 
anfl also Chairman of the House Contingent of the 
Joint Committee on Revision of Laws. He is also a 
member of the Judiciary Committee. 



Francis J. Maneely 




Kankino- hjo-h aiiKniy tlu- ii<i|nilar y(uiiiL;cr 
attoriu-y.s praclisiiij,^ .at ilic l'liil;i(lel|)hia liar is 
I'raiu-is J. .Maiiccly, wI'.d was hcini in this city 
October 18. 1S73. 

j\lr. Maneely, after receivinij a careful pre- 
paratory course, entered La Salle Colletje, where 
he ranked with i1k' iiKist sludimis schnl.ars in that 
well-known instilntinn of learnin;.;-, and tjraduated 
in iS'<;i with the de.^ree of W.X. 

.\\ the time of leaving college Mr. Maneely 
had no intention of adopting the legal jirofession, 
and associated himself with his father, John 
•Maneely. in the iron l)nsiness al .\'os. 309, 31 1 and 
313 .\rch Street. 

.\fter a \ear of comniercial e\])erience Mr. 
Maneely's inclination led him to ])rofessional life, 
and he entered the Law School of the University 
(!f I'ennsylvania, graduating in iSi)^. 

.\fler admission to the liar he associated 
with Hon. Reuhen I ). .Minin in the ])ractice of his 
profession. ;ind this coimection still continues, the 
offices of the firm being at Xos. 405-08 Penusyi- 
vania building. .Mr. .Maneely's jiractice is a gen- 
eral one, his clientele including corporations, 
comnu'rcial houses .and inili\iduals. 

lie is ])o])ular .among his associates and in 
his private life, and is a member of several clubs 
and organizations of a social character. He is 
married and resides at .\"o. 304 School Lane, one 
of tlie beautiful residrntial streets of (lerman- 
town. 



462 



225TII ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



P. F. Rothermel, Jr. 




p. F. RotheniK-l, Jr., was born in Philadelphia, 
September 27, 1850, and is a son of the renowned painter 
of the same name, whose painting of the Battle of Gettys- 
burg added greatly to his fame. 

The father's art studies taking him to many European 
countries, young Rothermel was partly educated abroad, 
but graduated from the Central High School in this city 
in 1867, and entered as a student the law office of James 
T. Mitchell, since then a Justice of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Rothermel has been highly successful in his 
legal practice and is counsel for many large business 
houses and corporations. 

He is a Republican in politics, and in 18S4 was men- 
tioned for the nomination of City Solicitor, but with- 
drew in favor of Charles F. Warwick. He subse- 
quently declined many proffers of public oftice. but 
in i8g8. at the solicitation of many of the party men, 
he consented to accept the nomination for District 
Attorney, to which position he was elected by a large 
majority, and filled the office most efficiently. 

Mr. Rothermel is a member of several political and 
social clubs. 

He resides at No. 2013 Walnut Street and has offices 
in the Land Title Building, Broad and Chestnut 
Streets. 



Thomas Biggs Harned 

Among the well-known members of the Phila- 
delphia Bar is Thomas B. Harned. He was born 
March 15, 1851, in Philadelphia. When very young 
his parents moved to Camden, New Jersey. At 
the age of twelve he left school and went to work 
as an errand boy in the Cohansey Glass Works and 
was shipping clerk there for seven years. 

In 1870 he decided to study law and registered 
as a student with Charles T. Reed, of Camden. 
While studying law he supported himself by jour- 
nalistic work, contributing to many tiewspapers. 
In 1874 lie was admitted as an attorney to the 
New Jersey Bar, and as counsellor in 1877. In the 
early part of his career he was prominent as a 
criminal lawyer and a general practitioner. Later 
he became an authority in the law of corporations 
and has since devoted a great deal of his time to 
the practice of that branch of the law. In 1892 he 
was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar and immedi- 
ately developed in this city a large corporation 
practice, which brought him in touch with many 
important enterprises. 

Mr. Harned is more than a mere lawyer. He 
is a lover of literature and art. He was an intimate 
friend of Walt Whitman, the poet, whom he enter- 
tained at his home alrnost weekly for years before 
his' death. He was appointed one of his literary 
executors and since then has been very active in 
the editing of Whitman's works. 

Mr. Harned married Augusta Traubel in 1877. 
He has three children, Anna Harned, Thomas B.. 
Jr., who has recently been admitted to the Bar, and 
Herbert S. Harned, a student at the University of 
Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Harned's home is in Germantown and his 
office in the West End Trust Building. He is a 
member of the Art Club, Germantown Cricket 
Club, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, American 
Archjeological Association, Germantown Unitarian 
Church, Law Association of Pennsylvania, Camden 
County Bar Association and numerous liberal 
organizations. 

Thomas Biggs Harned, Jr. 

Thomas B. Harned, Jr.. is associated with his 
father, Thomas B. Harned, in the practice of law in 
Philadelphia. He was born in 1882, in Camden, New 
Jersey. He received his preliminary education in the 
William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. In 
1899 he entered the academic course of the University 
of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 
1903 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the sum- 
mer of 1903 he registered as a law student in the 
office of Melick, Potter and Dechert, and in the fall 
of 1903 entered the Law School of the University of 
Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in 1906. He 
was admitted to the Bar in November of the same 
year. 

He is a member of the Germaniown Cricket Club, 
City Club, Sharswood Law Club, Delta Kappa Epsi- 
lon Fraternity, Aumni Association of University of 
Pennsylvania, and other social organizations. 



463 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVHXIU 



Edwin M. Abbott 




Edwin -M. Abbott, lawyer, was born in 
Philadelphia June 4, 1877, and was admitted 
to the liar on June 7, 1896, three days after 
attaining the age of nineteen years, this making 
liim the youngest man ever admitted to the Bar 
anv where of record. Mis father was the late 
Theodore Abbott, the well-known manufac- 
turer, and bis mother w;is Alvina Rosewig. 

His practice is an extensive one, especially 
in the criminal field, and his successes in homi- 
cide cases is well known, he having tried 
twenty-nine and losing but one, which is still 
to he re-tried. His most noteworthy victories 
were the cases of Bridget Carey, Patrick Mur- 
r;i\' and 



Samuel W. Pennypacker 



William H. Roberts. 



He has also written cc^nsiderable poetry and 
prose of merit, and numerous of his poems have 
been set to music. 

On Xcnember 9, 1905, he was married to 
Morence Hewlings Wilson, tlaugbter of 
Thomas 11. W'ilscm. the well-known manu- 
facturer, and Sally C Wilson, the General 
Treasurer of the Methodist Episcopal Foreign 
Missionary Society. They reside at "Lawn- 
hurst," Fcjx Chase, and have a summer home 
at Elkins Park. 

Mr. Abbott is an independent Republican 
and was the City Party nominee for Clerk of 
Quarter Sessions in 1907. 

He is a member of the Sagamore Club and 
Bethlehem Lyceum, both of which he served 
as I'rtsiik-nt, .American Bar Association, the 
Pennsylvania State Bar Association, Lawyers 
Club, Young Republicans, Century Club, Belfield 
Country Club, the Elkins Park Volunteer Fire- 
men, Law Academy, Law Association, Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania Alunmi Association and 
others. 




Sanniel Whitaker I'cnnypackcr was born at 
Phoenixville, Pa., April y, 18.^3, and is directly 
descended from Hendrick Pannebecker, one of the 
•Dutch patroons of Pennsylvania and final owner of 
Bebber's Townshi]), containing ten square miles, in 
Philadelphia County. 

When twenty years old he enlisted in Company 
F, 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Regiment, which 
was the first force to meet the Confederates at Get- 
tysburg. 

He read law with the Hon. Peter McCall and in 
the I'niversity of Penns\ Ivania, and was admitted 
to tlie Bar in 1866. 

In i88(; he was appointed a Judge of Court of 
Coninmn Pleas, No. 2. being twice elected to that 
position for a term of ten years by both political 
parties, and for several years being I^resident Judge 
of that Court, resigning upon being elected Gover- 
nor of the State, in 1902. by the largest majorit\'. 
with one exce])tion, ever given to a gubernatorial 
candidate. 

While ( iuvernor the system of "Good Roads" 
was inaugurated : the h'ore.itry Reserve was doubled ; 
the State was apportioned into Senatorial and Rep- 
resentative districts, which had not been done for 
thirty years ; the State Constabulary was establisheil ; 
a great coal strike was averted ; the most thorough 
system of health laws in the United States was 
enacted ; "Greater Pittsburgh" was created ; Philan- 
der C. Knox was appointed U. S. Senator ; \'aney 
Forge Park was made successful ; the creation of 
corporations and their powers of eminent domain 
were restricted : the Capitol completed and the bal- 
ance in the -State Treasury increased to about 
$13,000,000, and a body of reform legislation 
adopted which President Roosevelt, in a public ad- 
dress, said "marks an epoch in the history of the 
practical betterment of public conditions, not merely 
for \(nir State, but for all mir .States." 



464 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



William H. R. Lukens 




William H. R. Lukens graduated from the 
Law Department of the LTniversity of Pennsyl- 
vania in June. 1883, was admitted to the Bar the 
same month and soon attained a large practice 
in the Civil and Orphans' Courts. 

In i8yi he was elected a member of the 
Eleventh Ward Sectional School Board and four 
years later of the Board of Education, which 
position he filled until the Board was recently 
dissolved by Act of Assembly. 

In politics Mr. Lukens is a Democrat, and 
has for eight years been a member of the Board 
of Assessors, and was also a member of the Demo- 
cratic City Executive Committee of the Elev- 
enth Ward for a number of years. 

In 1899 Mr. Lukens was made one of the 
trustees of the Odd Fellows' Temple, and in 1904 
was appointed one of the receivers. He still fills 
the position and has made strenuous efiforts to 
save the building. 

Mr. Lukens is a Past Master of Integrity 
Lodge No. 187. F. and A. M.. a member of Col- 
umbia Chapter, a Past Commander of Kensing- 
ton Commandery No. 54, K. T. ; a member of 
the Philadelphia Consistory, having received the 
thirty-second degree; also a member of Lulu 
Temple ; also a member of Fidelity Lodge No. 
138, I. O. (J. F., and has represented that Lodge 
in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery Company for the 
past twenty-five j'ears. For the past nineteen 
years he has served as chairman of its Finance 
Committee, as well as acted as its solicitor. He 
is also a member of the State Bar Association, 
the Lawyers' Club, and the Democratic Club of 
Philadelphia. 



Robert H. Hinckley 

Robert H. Hinckley was born in Philadelphia 
and received his early education in the public 
schools, graduating from the Central High School 
in 1859. He entered the law office of George 
Junkin, Esq., as a student in 1861, and was admitted 
to the Bar in 1864. Soon after commencing the 
practice of his profession, Mr. Hinckley was sent to 
New York on business and remained there eighteen 
months, but returned to his native city in 1863 and 
resumed practice here with his preceptor, with whom 
he remained for sixteen years. 

Mr. Hinckley has always been a public spirited 
man, deeply interested in all the affairs of his native 
cit\-, but never to the extent of seeking public office. 
He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and has 
four times been a member of the General Assembly, 
the highest judicatory of that denomination. 

Mr. Hinckley comes of a family that figured 
extensively in Colonial history. Governor Thomas 
Hinckley, from whom he is directly descended, hav- 
ing been repeatedly chosen governor of the old Ply- 
mouth Colony from 1681 to 1692. His wife was 
Miss Sallie F. Biles, a daughter of Joseph F. Biles, 
whose ancestors were among the earliest settlers of 
Bucks County. They have four children, among 
them being John C. Hinckley, who is associated with 
his father in the jjractice of law. Mr. Hinckley's 
practice is of a general character, he. like many of 
the old time lawyers, never having made a specialty 
of any one branch of the profession. 



465 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Harman Yerkes 




llarman \ erkes was admitted to the Rar in 1865. 
and, after serving as District Attorney of Rucks County, 
was in 1875 elected to the State Senate. He was elected 
President Judge of the 7th District in 1SS3, and re- 
elected in 1893, frequently presiding in the Philadelphia 
courts. He retired from the Bench in 1904 and resumed 
the practice of law in Philadelphia and Bucks Counties. 

In 1901 he was nominated by the Democratic and 
I'nion parties for Judge of the Supreme Court and re- 
duced the Republican majority from 300,000 to less than 
40,000. Mr. Yerkes is a member of the Episcopal 
Church, Masonic Order, the Pennsylvania Historical 
Society, the German Society of Pennsylvania, Sons of 
the Revolution, Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, and is 
President of the Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania. 
He is the author of the law creating the Hospital for the 
Insane at Norristown and is a trustee of that institution; 
is President of the Bucks County Bar Association. 



Charles F. Warwick 




Charles F. Warwick, lawyer and ex-mayor of 
Philadelphia, was born in this city, I'^ebruary 14. 1852, 
and was educated in the public schools. He graduated 
from the Law School of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania and studied law in the oflice of E. Spencer Mil- 
ler, being admitted to the Bar in 1873. 

In 1878 he was appointed assistant city solicitor, 
and was afterwards chosen by George S. Graham, Dis- 
trict .Attorney, as an assistant in his office. 

In 1884 he was elected city solicitor, being the 
youngest man ever holding that important office, and 
was repeatedly re-elected until 1895, when he was 
chosen mayor by a plurality of 60,000 votes. 

Mr. \Varwick is celebrated as an after-dinner 
speaker and is a member of many exclusive clubs and 
social organizations in this and other cities. 

He is a deep student of French history and his 
researches along that line have led to the authorship 
of several volumes on Mirabeau, Danton, and others 
who figured in the French Revolution. 



John C. Bell 




John C. Rcll, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, was born at Elder's 
Kidge, I'a., in 1S62. .After his preliminary education in the normal 
and high schools he entered the fniversity of Pennsylvania. Here 
he rapidly won distinction; was president of his class; half-back on 
the 'Varsity eleven, and graduated in 1884 with two honors rarely 
awarded by the faculty to the same student — being given the Mere- 
dith Essay Prize for his thesis, and selected to deliver the law oration. 
He soon attained prominence in his profession and became counsel 
for many large corporations. In 1903 the Board of Judges of 
Philadelphia appointed him District .\ttorney, and the following 
year he was elected on the Republican ticket. At a public dinner 
given him in 1907, upon the completion of his term. Chief Justice 
-Mitchell said: "It is a high honor to say to-night, as those of us 
who are familiar with the conditions of affairs in courts of justice 
know, that .Mr. Bell has followed faithfullv the traditions of the 
oflice and has given them additional lustre." He is a member of 
many social and political clubs and has a handsome city residence 
and summer home at Radnor. 



Maxwell Stevenson 




Maxwell Stevenson was born in County Tyrone, 
Ireland, February I. 1847, and was brought to .\nier 
ica by his parents when he was four years old. 

The family settled in Philadelphia, where young 
Stevenson graduated from the Central High School'. He 
read law in the office of E. Coppce Mitchell and after- 
wards with Judge Joseph T. Pratt and was admitted to 
the Rar in 1874. Mr- Stevenson has been counsel in some 
very large real estate cases. He also enjoys the distinc- 
tion of having tried eighty-five homicide cases, but one 
man out of that number being hung. 

Mr. Steven.son was candidate for Congressman-at- 
large on the Peniocratic ticket in 1886, when Chauncey F. 
Rlack luaded the ticket for Governor and was defeated by 
the narrciw margin of 20.000. In 1901 Mr. Stevenson was 
the Democratic nominee for receiver of taxes, and in 
March of the same year, when Court of Common 
Pleas No. 5 was established, was one of the three 
judges appointed to that court by Governor Stone. 
He served until the following January and then re- 
lumed to his private practice. 



466 



22tTH anniversary FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Joseph R. Wilson 



Joseph R. Wilson, member of the Philadelphia 
County Bar, was graduated from the law school of 
the University of Pemisylvania in 1902. 

He was born in 1866. His father was the late 
Joseph Wilson, senior partner of the firm of J. & R. 
^^'ilson, ship owners, of London, Liverpool and 
(ilasgow. In i8go he married Miss Cora Irene 
Shaw, of Shawmont, Philadelphia, daughter of the 
late Thomas Shaw, known as the "Edison of Penn- 
sylvania." For many years Mr. Wilson was asso- 
ciated with his father-in-law in the engineering 
business, during which period he devoted a consider- 
able portion of his time to scientific research. 




He was elected a member of the American In- 
stitute of Mining Engineers, Franklin Institute, 
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechani- 
cal Engineers, and the Federated Institute of Mining 
and Alechanical Engineers of Great Britain. From 
1890 to 1895 he lectured before the Mining Insti- 
tutes in the State of Pennsylvania on the "Detection 
of the Presence and Percentage of Fire Damp in 
Coal Klines"; and also delivered the lecture before 
the World's Congress of Engineers in the Mines 
and Mining Building at the Columbian Exposition 
on this subject. During the same period he lectured 
before the Premier of Nova Scotia, Commissioner 
of Mines and other high Government officials in 
Canada. 

In 1893 he lectured before the students of the 
School of Mines, Columbia L^niversity, New York, 
and the following year lectured before the Philadel- 
phia College of Pharmacy on "The EiTects of Nox- 
ious Gases on Animal Life," based on his own ex- 
periments. 

In 1894 he was invited by the Committee on 
Ventilation and Acoustics of the National House 
of Representatives to report on the ventilation of 
the Capitol, including House, Senate and committee 
rooms. He vigorously opposed the bringing in of 
air throusjh the floor of the House as unsanitarv and 



prejudicial to health of the members to the utmost 
degree. 

In 1895 he conducted a series of experiments at 
the Polyclinic Hospital in Philadelphia, for the pur- 
pose of demonstrating his theory that any stage of 
consumption could be determined by analyzing the 
exhalations of the patient for CO2, or carbonic acid 
gas. 

In 1896, while a lawsuit involving a large 
engineering contract in which he was tlie plain- 
tiff was pending in the Circuit Court of the 
L^nited States, he went on the staff of the Evening 
Bulletin, and a short time thereafter became its 
railroad editor, and later financial editor. 

For years Mr. Wilson had contemplated the 
study of law, and in 1899 he consummated his de- 
sire by entering the Law School of the L'niversity 
of Pennsylvania, combining his studies with his 
newspaper work. During his career at the LTni- 
versity he had the honor of being three years Presi- 
dent of his class, and Senior Class President of the 
law school of the University of Pennsylvania, being 
the first man in no years, or since the law school 
was' founded, who had ever won the honor. In addi- 
tion to this he was elected President of the Miller 
Law Club of the L^niversity. While at the Univer- 
sity he organized the Students' Legal Historical 
Society, and wrote its constitution and by-laws. 

Immediately on his admission to the Bar he 
plunged into his new profession with energy and 
confidence which soon built up for him a large and 
lucrative practice. 

He is a member of the L'niversity Club, the 
State Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar A.sso- 
ciation, the Law Academy, one of the Board of 
.Managers of the Law Alumni of the University of 
Pennsylvania, member of the Transatlantic and His- 
torical Societies. He is a director of the Philadel- 
phia Rescue Home, of which he is counsel and 
chairman of the finance committee, and belongs to 
the Yachtmen's Club and the Seaside Park Yacht 
Club. 

The latest honor conferred on him was his 
election as Grand President of the Acacia Frater- 
nity, which is composed exclusively of college men 
who are master Masons. This took place at the 
grand annual conclave held at the LTniversity of 
Illinois in June, 1908, at which all the great uni- 
versities of the L^nited States were represented. 
Mr. Wilson went there as delegate from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania Chapter. He is chairman 
of the Board of Trustees of the local Chapter of 
Acacia, a member of LTniversity Lodge 610, F. & 
A. M., and of Delta LTpsilon Fraternity. 

Mr. W'ilson has four children. Mary Michelet, 
John Hawkes, Sydney Violet and Cora B. H. His 
city residence is No. 4830 Cedar Avenue, and his 

summer residence. Seaside Park, N. J. 



467 



OFFICIAL IIISTOKICAL SOUVKXIK 



A. K. McClure 




Alexander Kelly McClurt; was hom in Perry 
County. Pa., January g. 1828, and his early education 
was contined to primitive schools, in whicli tlic simplest 
rudiments of education only were taught. He learned 
the tanning trade, hut owing to business depression 
was unahle to find employment, and in 1846 started the 
Juniata Sentinel at Mitflintown. Pa. He was totally 
ignorant of the business, but speedily mastered the 
incchanical end, and within a year was chief composi- 
tor, pressman and editor. Later he purchased the 
Chambersburg Repositury and soon made it one of the 
most influential weeklies in the State. 

Mr. McClure soon wielded political power, and was 
thrice elected to the Legislature and once to the Senate 
in a district overwhelmingly Democratic. lie was a 
delegate to the first Republican convention held in 
Philadelphia in 1856 and took an active part in the 
nomination and election of Andrew G. Curtin in i860 
and his re-election four years later. He was prominent 
in defeating the mimination of Seward for President 
in i860 and in the nomination of Abraham Lincoln. 
His friendship and aid to the martyr President during 
his turbulent term are matters of history. 

Mr. McClure studied law during his early news- 
paper career, and in 1868 he removed to Philadelphia 
and took up its practice and was again elected to tlie 
Senate in 1872. In 1875 he became editor-in-chief of 
the newly established Times, and for many years 
wielded a forceful pen. 

He is now Prothonotary of the Philadelphia courts, 
a position for which he is eminently fitted. The esteem 
in which he is held was attested by a dinner given 
him on his eightieth birthday, in which eminent jurists 
and the most prominent merchants, manufacturers and 
politicians took part and paid glowing tribute to his 
character. 



Thomas Knight Finletter 




Tlioinas Knight Finletter. L1..D.. late judge 
of Court of Coninion Pleas. Xn. 3, was born in 
Philadelphia, Uecember 31. 1S21. He entered Lafa- 
yette College in 1838. .At the end of the freshman 
year he enrolled at the i'niversity of Pennsylvania 
and graduated as liachclor nf Laws in 1843. lie 
read law in the office of judge William A. Porter 
and was admitted to the liar in 1845. Soon after 
this he was elected to the State Legislature and 
served dttring the sessions of 1848-50, drafting 
and introducing the Ten-hour Labor Hill, which 
became a law during his first term. He served 
as school director from 1849-54. and from 1860-65 
as assistant (ity Solicitor. In 1870 he was elected 
judge of the Court of Common Pleas and in 1875 
was re-elected, being made president-judge of 
Court No. 3 in 1886, and served in that position 
continuously until ( )ct(iber I, 1906. when the Hoard 
of Judges elected him prothonotary of the L'ourt 
of Common Pleas, in which nftice he ecmtinued until 
his death on .April 1, i<)07. 

During his short service as prothonotary, 
Judge Finletter made a thorough revision of the 
laws governing court costs in Philadelphia County 
and prejjared the statute on that subject which is 
now in force. 

( )n the occasion of his last election to the bench 
in 1900, he was the unanimous choice of the con- 
ventions of both political jiarties, having already 
been twice similarly honored. 

Judge I'inletter was ma<le a Doctor nf Laws by 
Jcf?erson .Medical College in 1871. He married, in 
1859, Martha M., daughter of Archibald Mcllroy, 
a prominent manufacturer, and former alderman of 
Philadelphia, and had three children, Thomas D., 
Leonard, and Helen P.. wife of Charles F. Clement. 



468 



22tTII AXMVERSARV FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Edwin Ford Schively 



Edwin Ford Schively is of German descent, the 
ancestral family, by whom the name was spelled 
"Scheufelen," being residents of the town of Weil- 
heini-an-der-Teck, near Stuttgart, in Wurtemburg. 
Its line is traced directly back to Hans Leonhardt 
Scheufelen, a celebrated artist of Xuremburg, and 
pupil of Albrecht Diirer, born in 1490, whose work, 
both in steel engraving and painting may frequently 
be seen in European galleries. 




The first of the name to come to this country 
were George Adam Scheufelen and Jacob Scheuf- 
elen, who arrived about 1748, and landed at Phila- 
delphia, George settling here and Jacob going to 
New York. 

Mr. Schively is the great-greatgrandson of 
George Adam Scheufelen. His greatgrandfather, a 
son of George Adam, also named George, was a 
soldier in the Pennsylvania militia and in the Con- 
tinental army during the Revolution. George's son, 
Henry, born in 1784, established a wide reputation 
as a manufacturer and inventor of surgical instru- 
ments, carrying on the business with much success. 
One of his sons, William Henry Schively, a grad- 
uate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, was 
for many years prominent among the drug importers 
of the city, having his place of business at No. 41 
North Front Street. In 1858 William Henry mar- 
ried Anna Thomas Ford, daughter of Samuel C. 
Ford, one of the old-time dry goods merchants of 
Philadelphia, and of this marriage Edwin Ford 
Schively was born, iNIay 9, i860. Edwin's father, 
after the death of his wife, removed in the autumn 
of 1867 to Germantown, and thenceforth devoted 
almost his entire time to the training of his dearly- 
loved son toward those literary and scientific sul)- 
jects in which he himself took so great an interest. 
In 1875 Edwin attended Barker's Institute, a Ger- 
mantown school, for several months, and entered 
the Freshman class of Haverforcl College in the fall 
of 1876. Leaving Haverford in February, 1877, he 



entered the Sophomore Class of the University of 
Pennsylvania in the fall of that year, having in six 
weeks read the entire Freshman year Greek under 
the tutoring of Dr. William Kershaw. He gradu- 
ated with honor in the Department of Arts, Class of 
1880, obtaining the degree of A.B., to which he 
added, in June, 1883, that of A.M., his thesis for 
the degree being an essay on "Ultramontanism." 
After graduating, Mr. Schively was instructor in 
Latin and Greek at Germantown Academy and Miss 
Stevens' School for Girls; and in the fall of 1881, 
having decided upon the law as his profession, he 
registered as a student in the office of Edward Ship- 
pen. Esq. He matriculated in the Law Department 
of the University in 1882. graduated with honor in 
1884, with the degree of L.B., and was at once 
admitted to the Bar of this city. He contributed 
several articles on important legal topics to the 
American Encyclopaedia Brittannica. In 1887 he 
spent some months helping to organize the plant of 
the then newly-established Commonwealth Trust 
Company, resigning in i8qo tO' accept the manage- 
ment of the real estate settlements of the Real 
Estate Title Insurance Company. Since 1890 he has 
been actively engaged in his own private practice, 
which has steadily grown in value and importance. 
In February. 1887, 1^^ married Mary Esther Roots, 
youngest daughter of Francis Marion Roots, a 
widely-known inventor and manufacturer, of Con- 
nersville, Indiana. They have had four children, 
two of whom are living. 

Mr. Schively is a Republican by inclination, 
though of strongly independent proclivities, being 
one of the original founders of the Municipal League 
of Philadelphia, and its candidate for the office of 
Receiver of Taxes in February, 1904. He is a 
member of the Young Republican Club of German- 
town, and of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, 
and has lectured and written much on scientific and 
literary subjects. His special enjoyment is the study 
of the Greek New Testament and its associated 
bibliography, and his collection of the various printed 
editions of the Greek Testament is unusually large 
and valuable, including a fac-simile reproduction by 
photogravure process of the entire "Codex Bezae." 
one of the most important of all the ancient manu- 
script Testaments, dating about the sixth century. 
Mr. Schively is also an earnest student of church- 
organ music, having been elected organist of the 
Second Presbyterian Church, Germantown, when 
he was only a little past eighteen years of age, and 
occup^•ing that position for sixteen years. In 1898 
he became organist of Calvary P. E. Church. Ger- 
mantown, a position which he still holds. In con- 
nection with several other lawyers he has offices at 
1318 Stephen Girard lUiilding. and resides with his 
familv in Germantown. 



469 



OFFICIAF. IIISTOKTCAL SOUVENIR 



Joseph Leedom 




Josenli I-cedoni was born at Plymouth McctinR, Montgomery 
County. August 23, 1853. and was graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Tcnnsylvania law school and admitted to the Har in 
1874. Since his admission Mr. Leedom has kept steadily at 
practice and has been engaged in some of the most important 
casts in the civil records of the various courts in this and 
other States. Mr. Leedom's legal attainments and business 
experience has brought to him offers of the presidency of large 
financial institutions, but his widely diversified interests pre- 
vented liis acceptance. 

In politics Mr. Leedom is a Republican and is a member 
of the Union League and of the Law Association. He is also 
a member of the Masonic Fraternity and an honorary member 
of the Uepublican Invincibles 

Mr. Leedom is a resident of the Eighth Ward and his son, 
Edwin Ccnover Leedom. is a student in the department of arts. 
University of Pennsylvania. 



Henry W^. Scarborough 




Henry W. Scarborousjli was born in Sule- 
hnry Township, Bucks County, Pa., on July 24. 
1870. He was graduated from the West Chester 
State Normal School in 1890, Haverford College 
in 1894 and the Law Department of the I'nivcr- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1896. Ininiedialely after 
his graduation he opened law offices at 522 Wal- 
nut Street in connection with Lewis Stover, one 
of his preceptors, and has developed a well-pay- 
ing general practice. About ten years ago he 
established at Temple College the first course 
for conveyancers given in PJiiladcIpliia. 



Ernest Leigh Tustin 




Ernest Leigh Tustin. one uf the most able and 
successful members of the Junior liar, was born 
December 20. 1862. in Lewisburg, Pa., and conies 
of good old Revolutionary stock. 

On his paternal side he comes from the Phillips 
family of Chester County, his greatgrandfather. 
Josiah Phillips, having raised a company of militia 
which he commanded during the entire Revolution- 
ary War. Captain Phillips's brothers. Thomas and 
David, also held lieutenant's commissions in the Con- 
tinental Ami}', the latter dving a jirisoner on a 
Pritish pest ship. 

( )n his maternal side .Mr. Tustin is descended 
from the Probasco and \ an W'icklen families, who 
settled in New Amsterdam aljout 1630 and after- 
wards secured large grants of land from William 
Penn on the Raritan River. They also fought for 
indejiendence in i/jC'- 

Mr. Tustin's father, Francis Wayland Tustin. 
was one of the founders of P.ucknell I'niversity and 
was closely identified with that institution for thirty- 
five years, being professor of (Ireek languages, vicc- 
])resident and for a time acting ]iresident of tlie 
I'niversity. In recognition of his services the 
Tustin gxinnasium at lUicknell was erected and 
equipped in his honor. 

Mr. 'i'ustin's ])re]iarat<iry educatinn was re- 
ceived in ])rivate schools and in Bucknell .\cademy. 
and he entered Bucknell I'niversity in 1880. gradu- 
ating with first honors in 1884. 

i'pon leaving college he registered as a law 
student in the office of S. P. W'olverton. Sunbury. 
Pa., and was admitted to the Xortlnnnberlund 
County P>ar in Se])tember. 1886. He took a ])ost- 
graduate course in the Law School of the l'niversit\ 
of Pennsylvania and was admitted to jiractice in 
the Philadeliihia County courts in 1887. later being 
admitted to the Supreme Court of the .State and the 
Circuit, the District and the Supreme Courts uf the 
United States. 

Mr. Tustin is a memlier of the .Masonic nrder. 
Sons of the Revolution, the I'nion League, the 
I'niversity an<l the Colonial Clubs. He is a trustee 
of I'lucknell Cniversity and a director of the .Anieri- 
c-,n l'a])tist Publication Society, the Pennsylvania 
Bai)tist Educational .Society and kindred organiza- 
tions. 



470 



22STH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Michael Francis Doyle 




Michael Francis Doyle has one of the largest 
practices at the Junior Bar and is one of the leaders 
of the progressive element of Philadelphia. He 
was born in the city and attended the public schools 
until twelve years of age, when he was obliged to earn 
a livelihood. He entered the University of Penn- 
sylvania Law School when nineteen years of age, 
winning the prize scholarship, and graikiated with 
degree of LL. E. in 1897. He was awarded special 
scholarship and pursued postgraduate work two 
years longer. Was student in office of Hon. William 
F. Harrity and Hon. James M. Beck. At the age of 
twenty-three Mr. Doyle was nominated for Con- 
gress by the Democrats of the First Congressional 
District against General Bingham ; probably the 
youngest nominee ever named for this office. He 
was renominated in 1900, making a vigorous fight, 
but was unsuccessful, and was again urged to 
accept the nomination in 1902, which he declined. 
Mr. Doyle has been a delegate to the City, State and 
National conventions and a leader in all improve- 
ments in South Philadelphia. When eighteen years 
of age was named as Representative Citizen Per- 
manent Relief Committee. At nineteen }ears of age 
was secretary of the awardal of Gray's Ferr}- 
Bridge Movement. ]\Iember of committee that se- 
cured dry dock for League Island Nav}- Yard and 
drew ordinances for Broad Street Boulevard. Was 
also president of South Philadelphia Business 
Men's Association. Mr. Doyle won the fight for 
the Arsenal seamtresses against the contractors, 
through the intervention of President Roosevelt, 
his action attracting national attention. He also 



secured for the employees of all the navy yards of 
the United States their Saturday half-holiday, and 
was active in securing the passage of the Employ- 
ers' Liability Bill in Congress. Mr. Doyle has al- 
ways been very active in Catholic affairs, and for 
four years he was president of the Newman Club, 
of the University of Pennsylvania, and was chair- 
man of one of the largest receptions ever held in 
Philadelphia, given in honor of Cardinal Gibbons, 
at the L'niversity of Pennsylvania. Was also 
chairman of the Reception Committee at the recep- 
tion tendered the Catholic Hierarchy on the occa- 
sion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the 
Diocese of Philadelphia. In 1907 was chairman of 
the Allied Business Men's Association of the city 
in the fight against partnership of Philadelphia 
Rapid Transit Company and the city. Was host 
of Rt. Hon. C. Palles, Lord Chief Baron of Ex- 
chequer in Ireland, and assisted in entertaining 
many distinguished visitors. Is member of Foun- 
ders' Week Committee, vice-president of St. \'in- 
cen't De Paul Society and member of many clubs 
and societies. 

Stacy Barcroft Lloyd 




Stacy Barcroft Lloyd was born August i, 
1876, and graduated from Princeton L^niversity 
in 1898. 

He at once entered the Law School of the 
University of Pennsylvania, and after finishing 
his legal studies there was admitted to the Bar 
in 1901 and began the practice of law with 
Messrs. Read and Pettit. In 1906 Mr. Lloyd en- 
tered the Legal Department of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Co. as assistant general solicitor, which 
position he still occupies. 



471 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVKXIR 



Henry James Scott 




William T. Wheeler 




There are few lawyers practising in the 
Philadelphia courts w'ho have been more success- 
ful than Henry James Scott, a civil practitioner 
who lias apjiearcd in many cases invohing large 
sums of money and the consideration of consti- 
tutional and other intricate questions, 

Mr. .Scott has been practising for man\- \ears. 
He was born May 21. 1857, and after receiving a j 
careful and thorough education entered the Law 
School of the I'niversity of Pennsylvania, from 
which he graduated with honor and was admitted 
to the liar June 15. 1S7S. He has made a spe- 
cialty of the study of corporation law and his 
equipment soon brought him many clients among 
large corporations, mercantile houses and estates : 
consequently the bulk of his practice has been 
in the Civil and Orphans' Courts. Me is known 
as an earnest worker and a forceful speaker, and 
has met with great success in his trial of cases 
before juries. 

Mr. Scott's work shows the careful study 
and thorough understanding of the sometimes 
difficult questions arising in the interpretation of 
wills and the disposition of estates, ami in the 
arguing of questions in the Civil Courts he is 
considered an advocate of marked ability and .me 
in wliose hands a client can leave his case with 
confidence. 

Mr. Scott is a Republican in politics, but one 
who is zealously in favor of proper reforms in 
the party, and his labor along political lines has 
always been with tliat end in view. 

lie was a member of the Committee of One 
Hundred and was known as one of the most 
earnest workers in the cause of good government. 



The liar of I'hiladclphia lia>, lur over a century, been noted 
for the eminence of its nicnibtrs and the production of men 
famed for cleverness in debate and oratory and their knowledge 
and interpretation of legal lore. Many of those affectionately 
referred to as of the old school are passing away, but their places 
are being filled by members of the Junior Bar who display marked 
ability in their profession and have already established reputa- 
tions and practices that compare favorably with their illustrious 
predecessors. 

Prominent among these is William T. Wheeler, who was 
born in Philadelphia March joth. 1S7J. and who graduated from 
the I'niversity of Pennsylvania Law School. 

Soon after graduation and admission to the liar Mr. Wheeler 
look u]) corporation and commercial practice as a spieialty and 
has been highly successful. He has a large clientele, and his 
knowledge on every question pertaining to his special line makes 
his services most valuable. 



Richard Lewis Ashhurst 




Ricluird Lewis Ashluirsi was born in Naples. Italy, 
February 5. 18,58, graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1S56 and adniiltcd to the Philadelphia 
Bar in 1859. On .\ugust 8. 1862, Mr. .■Xshhurst entered 
the Llnited States service as First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant of the 150th Pennsylvania X'olunteers and 
served with his regiment in the .\rniy of the Potomac, 
and on staff duty until September. 15. 186,3, when he 
resigned owing to the effect of wotmds received. He 
was brevclted captain for meritorious service at Chan- 
cellorsvillc, and major at Gettysburg for gallanlry. 

Mr. .\shhursl is a member of the .Xnierican Philo- 
sophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania, the Union League. Rittenhouse and Country 
Clubs, president of the Philadelphia .\theneuni. vice- 
dean of the Shakespeare Society ard vice-chancellor of 
the L;iw .\ssociation. 

Mr. Ashhurst has always been a Republican in 
])olitics and is now serving as postmaster. 



47^ 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Daniel J. Shern 




Daniel J. Shern was born in tliis city March 2, 1871, 
and received his early education at the South Broad Street 
Military Academy. He subsequently attended the Peirce 
School, from which he graduated in 1887 and shortly after- 
wards became an assistant professor in that well-known 
institution of learning. Mr. Shern, anxious for a legal 
education, entered the Law School of the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1889, and three years later graduated with 
the degree of LL.B. He was immediately admitted to the 
Bar and commenced the practice of his chosen profession. 

Mr. Shern is an ardent Republican and has, since 
attaining manhood, taken a great interest in politics and 
was in 1902 elected to the House of Representatives, 
and is a candidate for re-election in November. 



Ladner £? Ladner 




Albert H. Ladner, Jr. 



Grover Cleveland Ladner 



Foremost among the rising lawyers of the Philadel- 
phia Bar are to be found Albert H. Ladner, Jr., Esq., and 
Grover Cleveland Ladner. Esq., who are practising to- 
gether under the firm name of Ladner & Ladner, with 
offices at the Land Title Building and N. W. corner Fifth 
and Green Streets. 

The senior member of the firm, Albert H. Ladner, Jr., 
Esq.. is the oldest son of Hon. Albert H. Ladner, the 
well-known Democratic magistrate. He was born October 
21, 1882, educated at the Central High School and Temple 
University, was admitted to the Bar March 12, 1906. 

Grover Cleveland Ladner is the second son of Magis- 
trate Ladner. He was born in Philadelphia, January 8, 
1885 ; educated at the North East Manual Trainin,g High 
School. He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania, 
receiving his degree of bachelor of laws in 1906. He 
was admitted to the Bar October 15, 1906. 



John M. Walton 




Capt. John i\L ^^'alton, City Controller, was born 
in Stroudsburg, Pa., in 1S42, and was educated in the 
Moravian School. Lititz, Pa. 

He came to Philadelphia after the War of the Re- 
bellion with his father, who was treasurer in the U. S. 
Mint, and in 1871 became second lieutenant in the 
Fourth U. S. Cavalry. Seven years later he was made 
first lieutenant and retired as captain through disabil- 
ity received in the service. 

Returning to this city he served in Councils from 
1882 until 1895, when he resigned to become city con- 
troller, a position to which he has been successively 
re-elected ever since. 

Capt. Walton is a member of the LTnion League, 
the Grand Army of the Republic, the Society of Vet- 
erans of Indian Wars, the Masonic Fraternity, and 
several political organizations. 



James E. Gorman 




James E. Gorman, a well-known member of the Phila- 
delphia Bar, was born in this city in i860, and graduated 
from the Central High School at the age of seventeen years. 

Deciding to adopt the law as a profession, Mr. Gorman 
spent the next six years in hard study and was admitted 
to the Bar March 5, 1883. He has been in active practice 
ever since and has met with great success, most of which 
he ascribes to the studious and industrious habits formed 
by the extent and character of the practice of his preceptor. 
He has been re-elected as magistrate at the House of 
Detention to hear all juvenile offenders arrested in the 
City of Philadelphia and has heard all such cases for 
the past two years without a single day's vacation. 



473 



OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Abram Sharpies Ashbridge, Jr. 



Bishop Ozi W. Whitaker 




Prominent among the lawyers of tlie cily is Abram 
Sharpies Ashbridge, Jr., who has a large clientele and is 
heard almost daily in the Civil Courts. 

Mr. Ashbridge was born February 15, 1863, at Ondawa, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania, and entered the University 
of Pennsylvania when but fourteen years of age. He 
graduated in 1882 and inunediately entered the Law School, 
and during his term also studied with R. C. McMurtrie, 
the famous corporation lawyer, and T. \Y. Kimbcr. Upon 
admission to the Bar Mr. Ashbridge immediately com- 
menced the practice of his profession, and liis merits and 
ability soon won recognition, meeting with particular suc- 
cess in cases of negligence and accidents, with suits for 
damages. He is a great reader and is thoroughly conver- 
sant with corporation law. 

Mr. Ashbridge is an enthusiastic sportsman and is 
fond of hunting and golf. 



James F. Campbell 




James F. Campbell, attorney-al-law, was born May 
27, 1872, in Davenport, Iowa. His early education was 
received in the Brooklyn Polytechnic and the Gramercy 
Park School, New York City. He also attended the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lehigh Uni- 
versity, finally entering the Law School of the University 
of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated as LL.B. in 
1895. 

Mr. Campbell is a son of Judge James D. Campbell, 
general counsel of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, 
and resides at Oak Lane, in the 42d Ward of the city. He 
is Republican in politics and was recently nominated for 
the Legislature on that ticket. 

He is a member of the St. Nicholas Club, New York 
City; the Huntingdon Valley Country Club, the Young 
Republicans and the University Club. 

His offices are in the Franklin Building, 12th and 
Walnut Streets. 




The Rt. Rev. Ozi W. Whitaker, D.D.. LL.D., Bishop of Penn- 
sylvania, was burn in Xew .Salem. Mass.. .May 10. 1830. He gradu- 
ated from Middlclmry College, X'ermont. in 1856, as a B.A., and 
three years later the M.-'\. degree was conferred uptm him. Upon 
graduation he entered the General Theological Seminary, New York 
City, and graduated in 1863. immediately taking orders as a deacon 
and being ordained priest the same year by Bishop Eastburn. He 
was rector of St. John's Church, (lold Hill, Nevada, for two 
years, and for eighteen months of St. Paul's Church, Englewood, 
N. J. From there he went to St. l^aul's Church. Virginia City, 
Nevada, and was consecrated bishop in 1869, becoming missionary 
bishop of Nevada. In i886 he was made bishop-coadjutor of 
Pennsylvania, and a year later was made bishop of the diocese. 

From the time of his ordination Bishop Whitaker has been 
well and favorably known by his work for the Episcopal Church, 
and his zeal and ability brought him the degree of D.D. from 
Kenyon College in 1869, and the degree of LL.D. from the 
University of Pennsylvania. 

He is the author of many sermons, addresses and pastorals. 



Alexander Mackay-Smith 




.-\lexander .MacUay-Sniith. U. D., Bishop-Coadjutor 
of the F.piscopal Church for the Diocese of Pennsyl- 
vania, was born in New Haven, Conn., and his early 
training was received at St. Paul's School, N. H. He 
later attended Trinity College, Hartford, and colleges 
in England and Germany and studied theology at the 
General Theological Seminary in New York. He was 
ordained deacon in 1876. priest in 1877 and received 
the degree of D. D. in 1889 from Trinity College, and 
of S. T. D. from Hobart College the same year. He 
was in charge of Grace Churcli. South Boston, from 
1877 to 18S0, and rector of St. John's Church, Wash- 
ington, from 1893 to 1902, as well as archdeacon of 
Washington from tqoo to 1902. 

lie was elected bishop-coadjutor and consecrated 
in Philadelphia, May i, 1903- 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Allen J. Fuller 




Allen J. Fuller, General Superintendent in the 
Bureau of Water, was born in Philadelphia, July 
ij, 1849. After acquiring a thorough business and 
technical training he, in 1873, became attached to 
the Water Department in the capacity of draughts- 
man. 

^Ir. Fuller served in this position for eleven 
years and displayed such ability and efficiency that 
Col. William Ludlow, at that time Chief of the 
Water Department, made him his first assistant 
engineer. His knowledge of the department was 
so complete at this time that when John L. Ogden 
became chief he selected Mr. Fuller for his first 
assistant. This was in 1886 and he continued to 
hold the first assistanc\- until June i, 1900, when 
Chief Frank L. Hand appointed him to the office of 
general superintendent. 

Mr. Fuller is peculiarly fitted for the place he 
occupies, being careful and painstaking, and de- 
voted to the work of which he has such intricate 
knowledge. 

Air. Fuller is now rounding out thirty-four 
years of continuous employment by the municipal- 
ity, and during that long period he has discharged 
every duty devolving upon him with zeal and fidel- 
ity. He has made his department a continuous 
study, with a desire to increase, if possible, its 
efficiency, and the restdt has been the conduct of 
its alTairs along the most approved business lines. 

Mr. I^uller is a member of the Franklin Insti- 
tute, American Water Works Association and the 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and is 
also a member of several political clubs, prominent 
among which are the Young Republican Club, 
Twenty-fourth Ward Republican Club and the 
Lincoln Club. 



Joseph H. Klemmer 




Joseph H. Klemmer, Director of the Depart- 
ment of Supplies, was born in New York City, 
August 24, 1855, but removed to this city with his 
parents when eight years of age, and received his 
education in the schools here. As a young man Mr. 
Klemmer evinced a keen interest in public affairs, 
and allying himself with the Republican party 
became an important factor in the politics of the 
Eleventh Ward. He soon made his influence felt, 
and was a leader in the movement that wrested the 
ward from the Democratic party and fixed it per- 
manentl}' in his party's ranks. 

Mr. Klemmer was at one time in the L'nited 
States Internal Revenue service, where he remained 
until appointed to an auditorship in the Controller's 
office under Harper Jefifries. 

During President Harrison's administration Mr. 
Klemmer was made a Postal Inspector, and in 1895 
he was appointed Harbor Master of the Port of 
Philadelphia, a position which he filled with great 
credit, and during his incumbency he took an active 
part in the movement to secure the deepening of the 
Delaware River channel. 

In the fall of 1903 he was elected Register of 
^^'ills by an overwhelming majority. Mr. Klem- 
mer's knowledge of departmental work and his 
prominence in Republican politics made him a logical 
candidate for the head of the Department of Sup- 
plies to which he was appointed by Mayor Reyburn. 

The office under Director Klemmer has been 
placed on a firm business basis and its affairs are 
conducted with the same care that won commenda- 
tion for him when Harbor Master. 

Mr. Klemmer is a member of many political 
and social clubs and has a handsome country home 
at Glenside. 



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OKinCIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Boies Penrose 



Wesley R. Andrews 




When J. Donald Canicnm retired tmni ihe 
United States Senate in iSyj he was succeeded hy 
a I'hiladelphian. lioics Penrose. In the twelve 
years he has served in that body Senalur I'enrose 
has made a record tliat is a source of pride to his 
friends and followers. Boies Penrose is a member 
of an old and hiijlily-honored Philadelphia family. 
He was born in Philadelphia. November i, i860. 
He is the son of Dr. Richard A. E. Penrose and 
Sarah Hannah Jloies. He is descended on every 
side from the oldest and best Colonial stocks. His 
forbears, without exception, have been hi,s;hly es- 
teemed an<l honored in the communities in which 
they lived. L'i)on his graduation from llarvard in 
1881 he read law with Wayne MacX'easb and 
George Tucker liisphani. He was ailniitled to the 
bar in 1883 and for several years ])ractised his pro- 
fession in this city. He was elected to the Pennsyl- 
vania House of Representatives from the Eighth 
Philadelphia District in 1884. Two years later he 
was elected to the Pennsxlvania State Senate, to 
which Ijody he was re-elected in i8(jc) and 18(^4. In 
1889 and 1891 he was elected president />/() tem- 
pore of tlie Senate. He was a delegate to the Re- 
publican National Conventions of 1900, 1904 and 
1908. He was Chairman of the Republican State 
Committee from 1903 to 1905. and since 1904 has 
been a member of the Republican National Connuit- 
tee. He is a ])rominent figure in the .Vational 
Republican Campaign. He was elected to the 
United States Senate for the term beginning March 
4, 1897. and was re-elected by the full jiarty vote of 
the legislature in igo^. lie has no opposition in his 
I>arty for re-election to the Senate. 




Wesley 1\. Andrews is a veteran of politics as 
well as of warfare. He i)artici]:)ated actively in the 
l-"renioiit campaign of 185C). although not old 
enough to vote. Colonel .\ndrews was l)orn at 
Sugar Grove. Warren County. Pennsylvania. De- 
cember 23. 1837. -^t the outbreak of the Civil 
^^'ar he enlisted as a private soldier. In 1862 as 
a first lieutenant he left with his regiment for serv- 
ice in the de])artnient of the Gulf. In 18^)3. on 
accoiuit of the serious condition of his health, he 
was granted leave of absence. While convalescing 
Lee crossed the Potomac, headed for Pennsyl- 
vania. I'^rom Governor Curtin young .\ndrews 
received authority to raise an additional regiment 
of infantry, and was selected for lieutenant colonel. 
I'efore the regiment was completed an order was 
issued directing all officers and enlisted men to 
report to their regimental head(|iiarters. lleforc 
]\rr. .Andrews could return the battle of (iettssburg 
had been fought, and New \'ork City was in the 
hands of a mob. Mr. Amlrcws rejiorted to Major- 
General .Sanford. He was highly conijiliniented bv 
that officer for courage and efficiency. 

-After the war Colonel .\ndrews engaged in 
mercantile business until 1SS4, when he established 
the Meadrillr Tribune. Tliis jjajicr he conducted 
with sign;d aliilily for luany years. Tn 181,15, \\ben 
]\latthew Stanley Quay ftiught ior su])remacy in 
this State. Colonel .Andrews was on duty coU'^tantly 
in Phil;idel|)hi;i as his assistatit. Later he was 
chosen secretary of the Republican State Commit- 
tee. Tn 1905 he was elected chairman, a ]iosition 
he has since retained. lie is a skilful political 
leader and one of the most efficient organizers 
Pemisylvania has jiroduced in recent years. 

i'ersonally he is \ery ])opular. Senator Quay 
often remarked that Colonel .Andrews had "a wider 
])ers<ina! ac(|uaiiitance in Peiuisylvania than an\ 
otlu'r man in the State." 



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ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

Charles Irwin 



Robert R. Bringhurst 




Robert R. Bringhurst was born February 
2, 1849, '"^'' received his early training in the 
pubUc schools. He became interested in politics, 
but it was not until 1885, when he was elected 
to the Ninth Sectional School Board to fill an 
unexpired term, that he held public office. He 
was elected for the full term of five years in 
1886, and upon completion of his term was sent 
to represent his ward in Select Council from 
1891 to 1903. He was again elected to that body 
in 1906 and left it to become City Treasurer, 
a position he is now filling. 

Mr. Bringhurst became a member of St. 
John's Lodge No. 113, F. & A. M., in April, 
1873, but is now a member of Chas. M. Swain 
Lodge 654. and was at one time identified with 
the State Fencibles as Captain, and also filled a 
similar position with Company K. First Regi- 
ment, N. G. Pa. 




Charles Irwin, Register of Wills, who for 
twenty-five years has been active in Republican 
politics is one of the most popular men in public life 
in this city. 

He w^as born in this city in 1849 and received 
his education in the public schools. He learned the 
printing trade after finishing his studies and became 
a member of Typographical Union No. 2. but was 
forced to abandon the business owing to his bad 
eyesight, and in 1876 he was appointed to a clerk- 
ship in the Register of Wills Office, under Gideon 
Clark. He became transcribing clerk under Gen- 
eral William B. Kinsey, assistant deputy under 
Alfred Gratz, and when Wm. G. Shields was 
elected Register, Mr. Irwin was made Deputy 
Register, which position he retained until elected 
Register. 

Probably no man ever named for an ofSce had 
an endorsement equal to that given J\Ir. Irwin. 
Lawyers, banks, trust companies, corporations of 
every character, and individuals who had known the 
popular deputy during his many years of service in 
the ofifice, joined in a strong plea for his nomina- 
tion, and the vote he received at the polls was a 
most flattering one. Mr. Irwin became a member 
of the Nineteenth Ward Executive Committee in 
1873 and has served continuously since, taking 
active part in every campaign and rendering valu- 
able service to his ]:)arty. 

He is an active member of the \'esta Club, the 
Anti-Cobden Club ; Quaker City Lodge, A. O. U. 
W. : Past Master of Lodge No. 9, F. & A. M. ; 
Corinthian R. A. Chapter No. 250, St. Alban's 
Commandery, No. 47, Lu Lu Temple and many 
other organizations. 



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OFFICIAL IIISTORICAI, SOUVENIR 



David R. Griffith, Jr. 




David R. Griffith. Jr., was born in tlie City of 
Philadelphia, December 26, 1871. where he has con- 
tinued to reside save for a residence of a few vears 
in his youth in ('anulen. Xew Jersey, in which city 
he received his education at the Friends' School. 
After attaining his majority he read law in 
the offices of Jacob Snare, Esq.. and of the late 
William M. .Meredith. K»q.. and upon his admission 
to the Rar immediately entered upon the ■ active 
l)ractice of his ])rofession, and in which pursuit he 
has attained marked distinction as an able lawyer. 
He is a member of the Law Academy, the Lawyers' 
C'lul), the Law .Association and the State Bar Asso- 
ciation. 

Mr. Griffith comes of an illustrious familv. and 
one well and favorably known in Colonial history. 
He is the son of the late David R. ( iriffith, of W'elsn 
ancestry, a master mechanical eni^dneer, who. after 
learning his trade with 1. 1'. Ah.rris & Co.. was 
identified prominently with many works in the devel- 
opment of the city. He installed the machinery in 
the "Monitor," which vessel did such effective work 
during the Civil War. I le was for years the head of 
the American Dredging Company, which has devel- 
oped our harbor, the pioneer of instructors of young 
men in mechanical training, first at the .S|iring 
Garden Institute and subsequently at the I'niversitv 
of Pennsylvania. His mnthur was Sarah Richard- 
son, of the old Colonial family of that name, and 
through her he is directlv descende<l fnim Samuel 



Richardson, of Ouaker faith, and a friend and 
associate of William I'enn, who was a member of 
the Provincial Council of 1688-1696, a member of 
the Colonial Assembly of 1691-1701 and Justice of 
Colony, 1 688- 1 704. 

Mr. Griffith's ancestry is also identified with 
the Colonial history of rhiladel])hia. through tin 
families of Julin T'.evan. member of Assembly. 
1687-1700: Ju.stice, 1685-1690; Christopher \'an 
Sant, member of Assembly, 1710-17 19, and Justice 
1713-1727: .Matthew Rue. member of .Vssembly. 
1738-1745. and Lieutenant Lewis Rue. who served 
in the l'"rench and Indian W^ars. 

Mr. Griffith is a Republican in ]5olitics and has 
represented his W'ard in Common Cmmcil for four 
consecutive terms. He resides, with his mother, 
at Xo. 2031 Columliia .\\-enue. in the Twentieth 
Division of the Forty-seventh (formerly tlii 
Twenty-ninth) W'ard and is an active member of 
the Presbyterian Church. 

His offices are located at Xos. 14 19-21 Chest- 
nut .Street. 

William J. Lawson 




Among the most iirominent of the younger 
lawyers of the City of Philadelphia is William J. 
Lawson. 

.After graduating from the jjublic schools of 
Philadeli)hia he actjuired a thorou.gh business train- 
ing and became cashier of the L'nitcd States Steel 
Cor])oration. 

Later he studied law in the office of ex-Judge 
Maxwell Stevenson, and was admitted to the bar 
in .\pril, k^oo. .Since then he has been actively en- 
gaged in the jjractice of law. and at the ])resent time 
is S])ecial Deputy to Sherit'f Wilson 11. lirown, of 
Philadelphia County. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



Samuel P. Rotan 



Samuel I'. Rotaii, District Attorney, was born 
in Philadelphia in 1869, and educated in the public 
schools here. He entered the Central High School 
in 1882, from which he graduated in 1886. From 
that institution of learning he has received the 
degrees of A.M. and A.B., and is still a popular 
member of his class organization and of the High 
School Alumni Association. 




Having an inclination for the profession of 
law, Mr. Rotan entered the Law School of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1889 and graduated an 
officer of his class and an honor man in 1892, with 
the degree of LL.B. 

After graduation he entered the office of C. 
Stuart Patterson, at that time Dean of the Law 
School of the L'niversity of Pennsylvania, having as 
associates \A'. \\'. Carr, George S. Patterson and 
George C. Bowker. L'pon Mr. Patterson becoming 
president of the Western Savings Fund and Mr. 
Carr being elected judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas, Mr. Rotan was left the practical head of the 
office, which he had entered as an inexperienced 
_\'oung graduate. 

Mr. Rotan though young was learned in the 
law and a skilled practitioner and associated with 
George C. Bowker. He not only retained the busi- 
ness of the old firm, Init largely increased it. 

Soon after commencing his career at the bar, 
he won celebrity by his defence of H. H. Holmes, 
who was possibly the greatest criminal of modern 
times. Mr. Rotan was brought into the case 
through retention as counsel for Holmes in several 
civil suits, and when his client was charged with 
murder, he w-as very naturally retained to defend 
him. When the case was called Mr. Rotan asked 
for time to summon witnesses and prepare a de- 



fence. This was refused b}- the trial judge, 
and Mr. Rotan refused to proceed, claiming 
it was impossible for his client to have a fair 
trial while the public clamor was on. Being threat- 
ened with contempt and disbarment, Mr. Rotan 
claimed that his client's legal rights were being in- 
vaded and that he was entitled to all the protection 
the law could give him. 

This was his thought, and believing himself to 
be right he preferred to sacrifice his career rather 
than his principles. The embarrassing situation 
was ended bv the prisoner discharging his counsel, 
but later Mr. Rotan returned to help Holmes, and 
made an uphill fight that won the commendation of 
ever}- lawyer at the bar. 

It was the onl}- murder case which the young 
attorney lost, and after it was over District Attor- 
ney Graham, who opposed him, and Judge Arnold, 
who presided at the trial, and threatened disbar- 
ment, congratulated him upon his able defence and 
sincerity. 

' Mr. Rotan figured in many other celebrated 
cases, winning additional reputation, and becoming 
well known through his skill, learning and conscien- 
tious handling of the cases entrusted to him, so 
that when he became the Republican nominee for 
District Attorney, the public was well acquainted 
with his career. He was a very popular candidate, 
being elected by a very large majority, and he has 
increased his reputation greatly by his masterly 
conduct of the office and bv his absolute fairness to 
all. 

During his early career Mr. Rotan was a pro- 
fessor of criminal law at Temple College where he 
gave special lectures on "Law of Evidence, Torts 
and Criminal Law," and many of his students are 
now jn-actising at the Philadelphia bar. 

At this period he was also deeply interested in 
sports and out-door exercises, and was identified 
with the Bachelors' Barge Club and the Undine 
Barge Club, being at one time vice-captain and 
later captain of the last-named club. 

Mr. Rotan is an associate member of Meade 
Post No. I, G. A. R., and a member of the Racquet 
and Philadelphia Country Clubs, of the Law Acad- 
emy, of the Phi Delta Phi Fraternity, of the Penn- 
sylvania Naval Reserves, and of the LTnion League, 
having been repeatedly elected a director of the 
latter club. 

He is also identified with many political and 
social organizations, in all of which he is very 
popular. 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



Historical Sketch of Peirce School 



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Thomas May Peirce, the founder of the 
Peirce School, held the first session of what was 
destined to become an important educational 
institution of Philadelphia, in September, 1865, at 
Handel and Haydn Hall, Eighth and Spring 
Garden Streets. 

The school was launched as "Peirce's Union 
Business College," and in the catalogue issued at 
the time, the principal never dreaming to what 
magnitude his modest undertaking was to grow, 
said: "We have no desire to assume for the insti- 
tution any higher rank than that of a plain, sub- 
stantial and efficient school for the education of 
business men. In its organization this object 
has been kept steadily in view-, and nothing has 
been omitted that is needed to make the institu- 
tion a first-class business college, equal to the 
demands of the business community." 

The regular course of instruction comprised 
bookkeeping, penmanship, commercial law, busi- 
ness correspondence and forms, and commercial 
arithmetic, and, in addition, lectures on commer- 
cial law. ethics, commerce and trade. Its faculty, 
including the principal, consisted of four 
instructors. 

The first year of the institution was remark- 
ably successful, owing to the fact that the armies 
of the government had just been disbanded and 
there were many soldiers who needed special 
preparation in order to secure positions in mer- 
cantile houses. Over 550 persons were enrolled 
the first year. In the second year of the institu- 
tii>n the course of study was increased by the 
addition of declamation and orthography. A 
special normal course was also organized for the 
preparation of teachers for the public schools. 
Dr. Peirce. before organizing the college, had 
been a successful teacher in the public schools 
of Philadelphia for a number of years, and had 
the reputation of having prepared more young 
men for the high school than any other teacher 
in Philadelphia. 

In 1869 the growth of the college rendered it 
necessary to secure larger quarters; the entire 
second floor of the Inman Building, at the corner 
of Tenth and Chestnut Streets, was taken. The 
faculty was increased by the addition of four 
instructors, making eight in all. and a department 
of English was added for the benelit of students 
who were not sufficiently advanced in their 
studies to take the regular course of the school. 



In 1870, at the request of the Centennial 
Commission, Dr. Peirce made an elaborate exhibit 
of the work of his college, which attracted the 
attention of visiting educators from all over the 
country, and the college was at that time awarded 
a diploma and medal. 

In 1S81 the name of the institution was 
changed to Peirce College of Business. In 1882 
the college took one of the most important steps 
in its history, when it moved to its present home 
in the Record Building, which had just been com- 
pleted. It occupied the whole of the fourth 
floor as school rooms and one room on the second 
rtoor as an oflice. The attendance during the 
previous year had increased to 730 students, so 
that this change of location became absolutely 
necessary. .\t this time the faculty was again 
increased and the course of study broadened. 
On June 15. 1882, the first public commencement 
of the school was held at the .Academy of .Music. 

In the fall of 1883 an epoch in the history of 
the college was marked by the organization of 
the Department of Shorthand and Typewriting. 
The attendance in this department was at first 
small, due to the occupation being a new one 
and a prejudice against employing young women 
in business offices. These objections were soon 
overcome and tlic attendance increased rapidly. 

In 1893 the name of the institution was 
changed to Peirce School, and in the spring of 
1896, Dr. Peirce. the founder, dying, the attend- 
ance decreased materially, but increased again 
when it was found that the high standard of the 
founder was being maintained. 

The present courses of study combine a gen- 
eral English education with a training in practi- 
cal commercial subjects and are designed not to 
make bookkeepers, but to make the future busi 
ness man. 

Medals and diplomas were awarded the 
school at the National Export Exposition. 1899; 
at Paris in 1900; nt Buffalo in 1901. and at 
Charleston in 1902. 

The school has a special course for students 
from Spanish-speaking countries, and is now in 
the greatest period of its history, the enrolment 
for 1907-08 being 2018. 


















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480 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

The University of Pennsylvania 

Founded 1740 



The University of Pennsylvania dates from 174U. when the School which became the College was founded. With the foun- 
dation of tlu- Uepartnunt of Medicine in 1765, the first to be established in North America, and the foundation of the Department of Law 
in 1790, the first to be established in North America, professional education began here, and the University of Pennsylvania, with its 
College and Professional Schools, became in fact the first institution in North America which did the work and bore the name of 
University. Its University charter dating, under its present title, from 1791, superseded an earlier charter of the University of the 
State of Pennsylvania, granted 1779. and absorbed in the present Institution. 

The University of Pennsylvania comprehends the following Departments of Instruction: 

Departments of 



Instruction 



Other University 
Departments are; 



Catalogue and 
Circulars 



The College, founded 1740. comprising (i) the School of Arts; (2) the Towne Scientific School; (3) the 

Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. 
The Department of Medicine, founded 1765. 
Tlie Department of Law, founded 1 790; re-established 1S50. 
The Department of Dentistry, founded 1878. 
The Graduate School, founded 1882. 

The Department of \'eterinary Medicine, founded i S84. 
The Laboratory of Hygiene, founded 1S92. 

The L'niversity Library, founded 1749. 

The L^niversity Hospital, founded 1874. 

The Department of Physical Education, founded 18S5. 

The Department of Archreology, founded 18S9. 

The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, founded 1S92. 

The Houston Club, founded iSg6. 

The L-niversity Catalogue, published annually in December, gives information regarding all Departments of 
the University. Applications for copies of the Catalogue and Circulars of Information should be addressed 
to the Secretary, L-niversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The number and distribution of students in the dilTerent courses in 190S was 4^79. These students came from 45 States of the 
LTnion and 41 Foreign Countries. The members of the Faculties of the L-niversity in 1908 numbered 435. 

The Courses in the College are arranged in six groups, as follows: 

TL-a CoIIpo"** ^' "^'^^ School of Arts, (a) The Course in Arts and Science; (b) The Courses in Biology; (c) The Course in 

I lie V.'Ullc^t:: Music. II. The Towne Scientific School, (a) The Courses in Architecture; (b) The Courses in Mechanical 

f^QU—ees and Electrical Engineering; (c) The Course in Civil Engineering; (d) The Course in Chemistry; (e) The 

Course in Chemical Engineering. III. The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, (a) 1 he Course in 
Finance and Commerce; (b) The Evening School of Accounts and Finance. IV. The Saturday Courses for Teachers. V. The 
Summer School Courses. \'I. The College Courses for Teachers. 



Admission 



A special circular, giving admission requirenients, will be sent on request. 



The Graduate 
School 

The Medical 
Course 



The Graduate School offers instruction of the most advanced character in Literature, Language. Pure 
Science, history, the Economic and Social Sciences, Philosophy, Archeology, etc. The George Leib Harrison 
Foundation provides endowed Fellowships and Scholarships for advanced students to whom they may be 
assigned, and enables them to carry on their investigation while workincr for the master's and doctor's degrees. 

The Course in Medicine, four years in length, is given in the recently erected Laboratories and in the 
University Hospital, which represent the finest and most complete equipment that exists to-day in any country. 



The L.aW Course '^^^^ Course in Law is given in the new building, which is the largest and best equipped in the United 



The Dental 
Course 



States, devoted exclusively to the use of law students. The Course is three years in length. 

Tlie Dental Course is three years in length and is given in Dental Hall, specially built and equipped for 
the purpose, with the most modern facilities for teaching every branch of the subject. 



The Veterinary 
Course 



The new laboratories of the Department of Veterinary Medicine represent the best that the world affords 
for instruction in all brandies of that science, and include large hospital facilities, which enable students to 
gain practical and first-hand experience in their profession. 



The Catalogue contains full information as to the requirements for admission and as to tuition fees 

The University Library 
and Museums 



All students have access to the University Libraries, which contain 300,000 volumes, and to 
tlie various Collections in the Free Museum of Science and Art. 



TL _ rjnrfvjltori^^ '^^^^ LTniversity Dormitories are the most comfortable and convenient residences possible for students of the 

1 lie A^U I lU C L'niversity. Thoroughly heated and lighted and provided on every floor of every house with shower baths and 

lavatories of the must approved kind, they are in every way perfectly sanitary. The rent of rooms is very moderate, less than the cost 
of similar or even inferior accommodations elsewhere. For information apply to the Bursar, College Hall. 



Students' Physician and 
Ward in Hospital 



A special ward in the University Hospital is set apart for the use of students who may 
become ill. The L-niversity appoints each year a competent physician to give his services freely 
to such students as may need them. 



The Houston Club, the first of its kind at any University, founded and housed in 1896, in one of the 
most beautiful of the University buildings, is the centre of the social life of the student-body. All students 
of tlie L%iversity are if^so facto members of the Club, and. subject to nectssary regulations, have the full use 
of the Club rooms, library, reading rooms, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, etc. The Club is used by about 
three tliousand students a day, during term time. The University has by this means provided pleasant and profitable recreation and 
environment for its students and they are able to occupy themselves every hour of the twenty-four on the University's domain. 



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Physical 
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The new Gymnasium, with its magnificent equipment of apparatus, separate rooms for particular branches 
of training and large swimming pool, is located on Franklin Field, so that indoor and outdoor exercise may 
De combined. All students, except those specifically excused, are reuuired to exercise regularly in the Gym- 
nasium under trained instructors. A physical examination is made of all students, including examination of 
their eyes. 

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John Conklin^ Rose 




John Conkling Rose, Chief Claim Agent of 
the I'ennsylvania Railroad Company, was born 
Marcli I. 1863. in Rosclle. N. J-, a town named 
after his father, the late Col. John C. Ro.se. 

Mr. Rose lived continuously in the State of 
his birth until two years ago. when he was ap- 
pointed to his present position and removed to 
Germantown. 

Upon finishing his academic education Mr. 
Rose studied law with the firm of Daly & .Machin, 
New York City, but left the profession to enter 
the railroad business, beginning with a subor- 
dinate position in the Motive Power Department 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Jersey City, and 
since that time has been engaged almost con- 
tinuously in railroad work. He was connected 
with the Kings County Elevated Railway in 
Brooklyn, upon its completion, and was at one 
time Su])crintendent of the Xew York and Sea- 
beach Railroad, and later Right of \Vav Agent 
of the P. C. C. & St. L. Railway at Pittsburgh, Pa. 

In 1892 he re-entered the service of the 
Pennsylvania Company, being connected with the 
Transportation Dejiartment at Jersey City, where 

he continued until ajipointcd to his ]iresenl posi- 
tion. 

Mr. Rose is a director in several corporations 
and is connected with the Presbyterian Church 
and the Masonic fraternity. He is also a member 
of the Xew York Railroad Club and a number 
of other organizations and societies. 

While a resident of Xew Jersey Mr. Rose 
was connected with the Xational Guard of that 
State, being successively Adjutant of the Third 
Regiment. Commandant of .\rtillery, and at one 
time Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of the 
State. 

He is the author of several works connected 
witli his travels: is a Republican in ])olitics and 
was formcrlv one of the Police Commissioners of 
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Fidelity and Deposit Company 
of Maryland 

The Eidelity and Deposit Company of Mary- 
land was chartered in 1890. Its initial capital 
was $250,000. This was subsequently increased 
from time to time until at present its capital 
is $2,000,000, and its surplus $2,345,978. The 
latter is the loss paying power of a company 
without touching its capital. 

Edwin Warfield, recently Governor of 
Maryland, was the founder of the company, 
and there is no doubt that to him is due the 
credit in a large measure of popularizing cor- 
porate suretyship. When he organized the 
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland 
there were but two other companies doing a 
strictly surety business, and they confined their 
operations to a limited field, principally that of 
bonding bank and mercantile employees occu- 
pying positions of trust. Mr. Warfield real- 
ized the possibility of greatly increasing the 
scope of the business, and it was that which 
prompted him to organize the company. 

.\fter he organized it he found that it was 
necessarj- to have Congress, as well as various 
State Legislatures, enact laws providing for 
the acceptance of corporate suretyship. He, 
therefore, blazed the way for others to follow. 

y\s an evidence of the growth of the surety 
business since the organization of the Fidelity 
and Deposit Company of Maryland, it is only 
necessary to cite the fact that the total pre- 
miums received by ;dl companies in 1890 were 
about $750,000. while in H)o7 the total was 
$11,000,000. 

Pennsylvania was one of the first outside 
.States the Fidelity and Deposit Comjiany of 
Maryland entered, and Philadelphia the first 
Pennsylvania city in which the company 
opened offices. Mr. Herman Hoopes, the com- 
pany's Resident Vice-President at Philadel- 
phia, with oflfices at 505-509 Real Estate Trust 
Building, has been the company's representa- 
tive in Pliiladelphia ever since it entered the 
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I pine belt. It is but ten minutes by trolley or a twenty minute drive from the Court House at Asheville, 
'and Kenihvorth carriages connect with the trolleys. The Inn is elegantly furnished and equipped with 
every modern convenience, such as steam heat, pure spring water, elevator, electric light, telephone and telegraph 
offices, billiard rooms, reception parlors and guest rooms en suite with bath. 

Every room is sunnv and cheerful, and each is located on one of the fronts ot the house overlooking a vista 
of beautiful and rugged scenerv. 

The grounds include 150 acres, devoted to golt links and lawn tennis courts, and in the woods connected 
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consumptives. 

The Inn is open all the year and is always ready for the reception ot guests. Tickets should be bought 






H and baggage checked direct to Biltmore station, where coaches meet all trains. 



A handsome booklet is furnished on application. 



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Tfid niiich credit cannot be given to the energy and ingenuity of the above tirin in designing 
and supplxing llie more than 5500 costumes suppHed to and used by tlie committee in charge of 
the pageant in connection with Founders" Week. 

W'liile tlie committee have given Air. Fischer and his son a general idea if their needs — and 
ail the assistance in their p(T\ver — it is only right and jiroper to say that were it nut for the knowl- 
edge and ability of this firm the whole thing nnght have fallen. 

.\s it is every detail of each anil every costume used is abscilutel\ correct from a b.istoricai 
standpoint, and 90 per cent, of the costumes used in this most magnificent display are perfecth 
new. It has required all of Mr. Fischer's regular force of sixty-two hands (the largest of any 
costumer in the country ) besides a number of e.xtra ones engaged for the occasion working day 
and night, to carry out this stuix-ndous contract, involving the outlay of many thousands of 
dollars for new material. 

This business, started in a very small wav in 1871 at 102O Si..uth Si.xlli Street, rajjidiy 
increased until the present location was bought b\ .\Ir. l''ischer some eighteen years ago, and to- 
day the entire four-story building is given over to the designing and making of costumes. Within 
tlie past year tlie lirni lias been conii)elIcd to put in electrically-driven machinery. 

Tiiis firm constantly has on the road the full eciiiipment of from eight to fifteen theatrical 
troupes, shipping their costumes all over the United States, Canada, Cuba anil .Mexico. 

'riiey supply most of the .Mardi Gras at New Orleans, yearly: Alfred K. .-\arons, F. C. 
Whitney, Madame Melba, Damrosch, Maineselle Awkins. etc.. and stand reaily at all times to 
equip any play, for private or professional use, on an hour's notice. 



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Although J. J. Habermehl's Sons were selected as the producers of the Historical Pageant, probably the 
handsomest street spectacle ever beheld in this country, they do not specialize in that direction. They are 
primarily florists, but by florists is not intended that old ra'ce of dealers who grew and sold flowers, made 
bouquets and other floral objects. The Historical Pageant is one of the revelations of Philadelphia's latent 
genius for doing things. It is entirely a Philadelphia production, and every decorative car. every property, to 
use a theatrical term, used in that splendid cavalcade, which unrolled three centuries of the city's his- 
tory, was manufactured under the direction of this firm. Yet, in spite of the complete manner in whicli 
this important work was accomplished, it was only a side line in the business of the firm. 

It is because of the experience and the good taste which characterizes the eft'orts of the firm as florists 
that they were able to produce such beautiful appointments for the spectacle, although it was a proposition 
outside the ordinary lines of their business. But florists, such as J. J. Habermehl's Sons, in these days, are 
more than merely raisers of flowers. They are also decorators, and decorations for important fashionable 
functions require a peculiar talent for realizing" artistic effects combined with taste wliich is unfalteringly 
correct. 

The world's demand for invention, for novelty, and for new effects makes some of its most severe calls 
upon the florist. The modern florist plays an important part in almost every large function. The ball room 
must be transformed to resemble something else; and the dinner table must convey some hint of appropriate- 
ness to the peculiar occasion. It is the florist who has to answer these demands. He lias to furnish the 
inventive genius, the artistic skill, and even these talents would avail nothing if finally the flowers and ornamental S 
greens used were inappropriate or of dubious quality. A grand effect might be easily spoiled by a decorator & 
who was not at the same time an experienced and tasteful florist. S 

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so much admired on social occasions. "The transformation of the four plain walls of a ball room call for * 
a trained force of artists, florists, and workmen, and require abundant material from which to make the ^ 
proper selection of plants, cut flowers, and the score of other appointments which together, under trained ^ 
direction, make for beauty. Profusion must be suggested without any semblance of crowding ; elaborate % 
workmanship must give the impression of accidental effects ; and these are scarcely likely to be obtained S 
unless the florist and decorator has facilities equal to the demand. * 

J. J. Habermehl's Sons, who maintain offices at the Bellevue-Stratford, and at Twenty-Second and % 
Diamond Streets, are probably the largest retail florists in Philadelphia. .-Kt Twenty-second and Diamond ^ 
Streets their greenhouses, numbering about twenty, cover almost half a square of ground. This means that ^ 
the firm has the facilities necessary for nroducing any floral decorations required. No occasion demanding s 
floral treatment is too large for the firm to handle successfully, and the fact that all the cut flowers used by S 
them are raised in their own greenhouses is evidence that the flowers are always fresh. That they are ^ 
always the correct thing can be assured, for it is the people who know what is the proper thing who are S 
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Auto Transit Co. of Philadelphia 

Operating a line of Electric Busses and Automobile Coaches from Broad and Shunk Streets to 
Fairmount Park, via Broad and Diamond Streets. Busses run every tliree minutes and the route covers seven 

miles of Philadelphia's most beautiful avenues, passing 
among other points : 





Bellevue-Stratford Hotel 

Hotel Walton 

Acarfemy of Music 

Art Club 

Manufacturers* Club 

Union League 

New Girard Trust Building 

John Wanamaker Store 

City Hall 

Broad Street Station (P. R. R.) 

Masonic Temple 

Odd Fellows' Temple 

Academy of Fine Arts 

Lyric Theatre 

Adelphi Theatre 

Baldwin Locomotive Works 

Lu Lu Temple 

Boys' High School 

Park Theatre 

Hammerstein's New Opera House 

Hotel Majestic 

Grand Opera House 

Temple University 

Fairmount Park Trolley Station 

The comfort, speed and elegance of this com- 
pany's vehicles insure patrons the most pleasant and 
attractive nde in Philadelphia at a minimum rate 
of fare. 

The busses connect at Fairmount Park with the 
Park Trolley Line, which circles the Park on both 
sides of the Schuylkill River and by which this 
magnificent pleasure ground may be viewed m all its 
beauty and grandeur. After crossing the Schuylkill, 
the visitor is carried through a succession of natural 
wonders, which have justly earned for Fairmount 
Park the title of the grandest municipal park in the 
world. In addition lO the beauties of nature — 
especially gorgeous in the Autumn season — there may 
also be vis:ted in the Park many buildings and places 
most intimately connected with the history and splendor 
of our city and nation. 

Poinis in Fairmount Park 



Memorial and Horliculturai Hall 

of the Centennial Elxposition 
Lelitia Penn s House 
Washington Monument 
Sunken Gardens 
Smith Memorial Arch 



Benedict Arnold's House 
Children's Play Grounds 
National Regatta Course 
Founders' Week Auto- 
mobile Race Course 
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PETER J, HUGHES 

Vice-President and Gen'l Manager 

HENRY LODGE 

Assistant General Manager 



SAM'L H. CARPENTER 

Secretary and Treasurer 
BERNARD A. HUGHES 

Purchasing Agent 



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486 



225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



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J. E. CALDWELL ^ CO. 




The firm of J. E. Caldwell & Co. needs no intro- 
duction to Philadelphia. The large building occupied 
by this Company on Chestnut Street, opposite the 
handsome United States Post Office, has long been 
a landmark, and it is the Mecca of the fair sex 
desiring the most exclusive articles of bijouterie, 
silverware and the rare objects of art imported each 
year from the celebrated marts of Europe. 

The establishment occupies a central position in 
the business district. Here, lavishly displayed, is a 
wealth of jewels that might be looked upon with 
jealous eyes by the richest potentate of the world. 
Philadelphians are quiet in their tastes, but the 
quality of their jewels is superlative. 

As silversmiths this firm has added lustre to 
our fair city, and acquired a National reputation for 
themselves through the awards obtained in competi- 
tion with the leading silversmiths of the country for 
the State silver services presented to battleships and 
cruisers of our Navy. 

The magnificent silver service presented by the 
State of Pennsylvania to the armored cruiser bearing 
her name was designed and executed by this Com- 
pany, and cost $25,000.00. It is the most sumptuous 
and complete service yet presented to any battleship. 

In addition the firm has planned and designed 
many other public memorials and testimonials, 
including bronze tablets, church plate, gold and silver 
loving cups and medals. Their prize cups are 
eagerly competed for at every important Meet and 
Show held near or in Philadelphia, and the city may 
well look with pride upon this representative house 
which has always upheld her name for honesty and 
high quality, and has added to her artistic fame. 

The Watch and Clock Departments have been 
factors contributing to the reputation of this house. 
Every detail of the business is thoroughly known, not 



only theoretically but by extensive experience. Years 
ago only travelers to Switzerland could boast of 
their precision watches, but now the finest horo- 
logical products of the celebrated Geneva workmen 
can be purchased of this firm, and customers have 
the advantage of a local house of undoubted relia- 
bility. 

The importation of English hall and mantel 
clocks was in its infancy when the Caldwell firm 
added the line to their original jewelry business, and 
their judicious selections have to-day resulted in 
such increased business that their stock of hall 
clocks is the largest in America. 

Fine porcelains and the productions of the 
various important English, French and German 
potteries are shown in their stock, as well as objects 
of decorative art from France. England, Italy, 
.Austria, and other foreign countries. 

While the main business of the Caldwell firm is 
importations, with the exception of their silverware, 
this house has been quick to appreciate and ready 
to advance American goods of pre-eminence. 
American cut glass, for instance, was struggling for 
recognition when this firm gave the infant industry 
the publicity it deserved. To-day American cut glass 
is the standard of the world. So, also, with American 
silver plated goods, which in the early days fought 
hard with the Sheffield product, and of leather goods 
the same can be said, the finest tanned skins in the 
world being imported for the card cases, pocket- 
books, traveling bags and other articles made. 

The jewelers' art in America finds its patrons 
through this conservative Philadelphia house where 
everything that is best can always be seen in profu- 
sion, and where exists a ban against mediocrity 
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OFFICIAT. HISTORICAL SOUVENIR 



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X iIk- nianutaclurini; ni 1 )iainoiiil Jewelry one uf the oldest 
and best known houses is that of Jacob Rennelt & Son. 
which has been located for many years at 1024-26 Chest- 
nut Street. Tile house was founded by Jacob Bennett in 1828. 
at which lime the makins^ of fine Silverware was combined with 
that of Jewelry. 

When the Directors of the United States Hank voted to 
their President (Nicholas liiddle). a complete set of silverware, 
l-letcher and (jardener, at that tinu the leadinsj retail jewelers 
of Philadelphia, were awarded the contract and the work of 
making the set was turned over to Jacob llennett. The set cost 
n])wards of twenty-three thousand dollars, and was very hand- 
some. The only rcmaininsj piece of the set. a front elevation of 
bank Imildin!:;' (the ])resent Custom House), is now in the hands of Mr. James M. 
Pennett, the surviving partner of Jncnl) Bennett & Son. 

( )ne other historical event in the lite of Jacob I'.ennett was the drilling of the crack 
in the Libertx' Bell, which was done with the Impe it would improve its tone, when it 
was to be rung on a special occasion and celebration. 

The 225th anniversary of the City of Philadelphia finds the house of Jacob Bennett 
&• Son, after eighty years of continued activity, still prosperous. 



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NEW YORK 



OFFICES 

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Boston 

Montreal 

Buffalo 

Baltimore 



Pittsburgh 
Chicago 
Cleveland 
Cincinnati 
St. Paul 



St. Louis 
Kansas City 
New Orleans 
Denver 
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Seattle 

Portland. Ore. 
Los Angeles 
San Francisco 



Thif Agency, with correspondents in all parts of the world, is prepared to undertake all proper 
detective business entrusted to it by railroad or other corporations, banks, mercantile houses, attorneys or 
private individuals. 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



BEN. L CARROLL 



The expansion of Philadelphia is nowhere 
more marked than on its western Ijorder, and no 
section so teems with life and business as that from 
Fortieth Street west and from Woodland Avenue 
to Overbrook. 




In this locality the greatest activity in realty 
is going one, and one of the busiest and most pro- 
gressive operators is Ben. L. Carroll, whose com- 
modious offices at the intersection of Sixtieth 
Street, Haverford and Girard Avenues are daily 
visited by hundreds of home-seekers. 

Mr. Carroll has been in the real estate busi- 
ness just four years and, though a very young 
man, he has made a record for quick selling that 
has made his older competitors "sit up and take 
notice." 

He was born in West Philadelphia, January 
4, 1884. and is a grandson of Henry C. Carroll, 
who was one of the first settlers, and a prominent 
resident of that part of the city known as Hadding- 
ton. 

Mr. Carroll was educated at the public schools, 
and after a course at La Salle College turned his 
attention to real estate. 

He early exhibited a remarkable aptitude for 
the business and, quickly grasping the details, he 
started with an energy that his competitors thought 
foolhardy, but which proved to be onlv keen busi- 
ness judgment. The result was the building up of 
a large Ijusiness which has very materially aided in 
developing the section Mr. Carroll has chosen for 
the scene of his labors. 

Mr. Carroll does not attempt to do any busi- 
ness outside of West Philadelphia. Upon entering 



the business he recognized the fact that the ele- 
vated railway, then in prospective, would be of in- 
estimable value to the locality, and he arranged his 
plans accordingly, and some idea of his foresight 
can be gleaned from the fact that during the past 
year he sold real estate valued at $3,000,000, the 
average price of the houses disposed of being 
$3000, representing 1000 properties. This means 
an average of nearly three houses a day for each 
working day in the year, and is the reason why 
Mr. Carroll does no business in other sections. He 
can't, he's too busy at home. 

The houses sold during the past year were 
mostly purchased for homes by people of moder- 
ate means and are all occupied. One doesn't have 
to figure much to see what value a business of this 
extent means to a community, for the purchasing 
power of one thousand families means something 
to retailers. 

This mighty accomplishment seems stupen- 
dous when it is known that it was the result of 
one man's efforts, but it is possible that it will be 
eclipsed, for Mr. Carroll has unbounded faith in 
the territory, and has matured plans for a still 
larger campaign. 

He recently purchased from Solomon Green- 
berg, for $100,000, a large tract of ground on 
Sixty-third Street, between Master Street and 
Lansdowne Avenue, and has already commenced 
the erection of a large number of three-story 
houses. 

This operation will be a large one and means 
the outlay of several hundred thousands of dollars. 

Mr. Carroll's faith in West Philadelphia real 
estate is based on logical reasoning. He claims 
that it is handier than any other suburb ; that the 
cost of living there is as cheap as in other localities, 
and that it is possible to buy a home there cheaper 
than one of the same construction elsewhere. For 
these reasons he claims property must continue to 
increase there, and the natural advantages of the 
locality are making it a large city in itself. He ad- 
vises those who scoff at his claims of West Phila- 
delphia's greatness to make a visit and satisfy 
themselves of its rapid and solid expansion. 

In addition to the building and sale of houses, 
Mr. Carroll also has properties for rent, and trans- 
acts everv other branch of the realtv business. 



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L. P. SIMPSON ^ SON 



Prominent among the real estate operators 
who have been active in developing tlifferent sec- 
tions of Philadelphia is the firm of L. P. Simpson 
and Son. witli otifices at the northeast corner of 
Nineteenth ami Wliarton Streets, and Xo. 707 
Walnut Street. 




The l)usiness was established in 1880 by Lewis 
P. Simpson, who had previous experience in the 
real estate brokerage business, and who was firmly 
impressed with the possibilities of southern realty. 
He concluded that the vacant territory there was 
ripe for improvement and commenced the erection 
of a class of dwellings that became at once popular 
and made his reputation as a pioneer builder of 
homes of a better quality than had been erected there 
up to that time. In 1888 David C. Catanach became 
a partner of Mr. Simj^son, and the name of the 
firm was changed to Simpson and Catanach. This 
partnership continued for seven years, during 
which time many localities were improved with 
beautiful homes for those of moderate means. 

In i8y5 Mr. Catanach retired from the firm 
and was succeeded 1)\' (1. Wallace Simpson, son of 
the founder, and the firm name was changed to its 
present title, L. P. Simjison and Son. 

Mr. L. P. Simpson died .\i)rii 22. 1908. at the 
age of fifty-eight years. an<l the business has since 
been carried on under the old name by G. Wallace 
Simpson, who is the only member of the firm. 

During its long and successful career the firm 
has erected over 2500 homes and has since its or- 
ganization sold over 4000 houses. 



In the last four years the activity of L. P. 
Simpson and Son. as builders of residences, has 
been more marked, and during that period they 
have erected over 1000 houses. 

The style of houses erected by the firm is of 
the most modern kind, and contains every improve- 
ment known in present-day construction. Tliey 
are, in fact, homes of elegance, and the interiors 
are as beautiful and inviting as those of fancy- 
priced residences. Uuilding is now being done by 
the firm in the southwestern section and in Ger- 
mantown. Those recently erected in Germantown 
are esjiecially attractive. They are located on very 
wide streets, the higher jiriced ones being semi- 
detached, have Dutch halls, elaborate dining rooms 
and baths and, what is of great importance, light 
and cheerful kitchens of up-to-date sanitary con- 
struction. 

The same excellent construction and pleasing 
decoration is followed out in all nf the houses built 
by the firm, so that young families embarking in 
housekeeping can make a home beautiful without 
nuich expenditure for pieces of show furniture. 

In addition to the building of houses and sale 
of real estate L. P. Sim]3Son & Son have a very 
large rental list, being in charge of nearly iioo 
houses in the southern section of the city, for which 
tiiey make monthly collections. 

.Another branch of the business in which the 
firm has been eminently succcssfid is the selling of 
mortgages, and this alone has run into millions of 
dollars during the firm's existence. It is a matter 
of pride with Mr. Simpson that out of this large 
volume of business there were but three cases in 
which it was necessary to resort to foreclosure 
proceedings. 

( ;. Wallace Simpvnn. the surviving member of 
the firm, was born in Philadelphia in 1877, and re- 
ceived his education at the Lauterl)ach Academy. 
.After graduaticm he enlered his father's office and 
soon acquired a conqilete knowledge of the busi- 
ness, displaying a remarkable aptitude for every 
detail of the various branches so that he was of 
great value to the firm ui)on Mr. Catanach "s retire- 
ment, not only in handling the business the firm 
already enjoyed, but in materially extending it. 

.Mr. Sinijjson is married and has a handsome 
home at Xo. ^'327 Greene Street, Germantown. 



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The Biggest Little Light 
in the World 



A Light combining mantle, burner and chimney, that gives a 
50 candle-power illumination at the cost of 1-5 of a cent per 
hour for gas. Use your own globes, either gas or electric. 



Uses but 2 feet of 
gas per hour 

Completely hidden 
from view 




50 candle-power 
Light 

No glare — a soft, 
mellow Light 



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in ordinary gas globe 



The Welsbach Junior is the newest member of the Welsbach 
family, and as its merits and economy become better known 
will supersede tiie old-style extravagant open flame burner in 
homes and offices. 

Welsbach salesrooms in all the principal cities. 
The Philadelphia store is at 

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WK want your ditticult work — your rare old laces, tapestries, draperies, costly raiment, Oriental 
rugs — the kind you would hesitate to trust to the average establishment. Our improved processes 
and expert knowledge enable us to clean or dye the most delicate fabrics without possibility of 
harming them. 

Goods may be shipped to us from any part of the world with assurance of faithful treatment. 
The care of uniforms is one of our s|)ecialties. A large proportion of U. S. Army and Naval Officers are 
our patrons. 



^ry Cleaning ''''^ been reduced by us to an exact 
science, combining the best French 
methods with many improved processes of our own. Our 
way does not shrink nor fade the most delicate fabric. No 
injurious chemicals used. 

GsiroetS ^^^ cleaned by us with compressed air which 
blows out every atom of dust. We also dry- 
clean them with a powerful brush and steam-bake them to 
destroy all germ life. Oriental rugs are treated in a manner 
which cannot harm their pile nor fade their delicate color-^ 

is also cleaned by com 
pressed air — a process 
uliich tliuruughly jirotects the tapestry coverings. 



Upholstered Furniture 



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experience. Our experts will tell you positively 
whether a fabric can or cannot take a certain color. Ask 
tluir advice. 

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gown, you are assured that it will be returned in perfect 

condition. 

Miscellaneous Work '"•^'' ^^ "^'•^^ning and soften- 

ing blankets, restoring tap- 
es trK-.--. cleaiuuK and trcshcning lace curtains, renewing 
ostrich plumes, each is treated in the most thorough and 
careful manner. 



Write for our booklet "Expert Cleaning and Dyeing* 



A. F. BORNOT, BRO. ^ COMPANY 

French Scourers and Dyers 

In Philadelphia at 

17th and Fairmount Avenue 1714 North Broad Street 1535 Chestnut Street 

N. E. Corner 12th and Walnut S. W. Corner Broad and Tasker 

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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

The Firth £? Foster Company ''s Dyeing 
and Finishingf Plant 




(Sketch of Plant) 

The history of Philadelphia would be incomplete if it did not include the textile industries, 
an integral part of which is the dyeing and finishing of piece goods in all grades of wool, 
worsted and silk and wool fabrics. 

This branch of work has so materialh' helped the development of manufacture of dress 
goods and men's wear in this country that the domestic article compares verv favorably with the 
imported as regards to colors and finish, and in some instances, like the Lansdowne, a silk and 
wool fabric, is far superior to the foreign. 

In this industry, Firth & Foster Co. are pre-eminently the leaders, their plant located at 
Emerald, York and Adams Streets, being the largest and best equipped, handling piece goods 
exclusively. 

The founders, practical dyers, came to this country nearly half a century ago, starting 
business in the old Fairmount District in a small way. A few years later the}- moved to their 
present location, increasing their facilities from year to year until to-day thev employ over 500 
hands, cover an area of 220,000 square feet of floor space and have an output of half a million 
of pieces of goods representing some twenty million yards of goods, ranging from a three- 
ounce veiling to a thirty-two-ounce cloaking, from a low cotton and wool cloth to fine worsted 
or silk and worsted weaves, in which their workmanship is unexcelled. 

The corporation is capitalized at $400,000. Of the personnel Mr. John H. Foster, Presi- 
dent, is the only one living of the founders ; Mr. Chas. IJd. Firth, Vice-President, is a son of 
the late Thos. Firth, who represented the Nineteenth Ward in City Council for a great many 
years ; Mr. John Tull, Secretary and Treasurer ; Messrs. Albert and Harry Foster are nephews 
of the president, and Mr. Jules A. Kerlc, Business Manager, has been connected with the estab- 
lishment for over thirty years. 

The business progress of this concern is a fair index of the material development of Phila- 
delphia in textiles, particularly within the last forty years, of which both can justly feel proud. 



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1^ is invariably the brightest and best turned out. 
'> We're now in our new factory. We've more 
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^ been able to adopt a number of little improve- 
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comfortable positions. It swings easily and pleasantly % 

with a gliding motion. There is not the slightest risk of % 

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GEORGE W. SHUSTER 
President 



M. G. SHUSTER 
Secretary 



Stll^ Ian Iruut Oln. 



Dealers and Shippers of 



Bar Sand, Jersey Gravel 
and Stock Yard Manure 



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Office: 14 South Broad Street 
Philadelphia 



Telephone Connection 



JOHN HAUSER 

iWartile anlr 
(granite Wioxk^ 



CORNER THIRTY-FIFTH 
STREET AND RIDGE AVENUE 
Opposite North Laurel Hill Cemetery 



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OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SOUVENIK 



The Wilkinson Automatic 
Stoker 

The Wilkinson Automatic Stoker, made by the 
Wilkinson NLmufactiiring Company, Norristown, Pa., 
is a labor and fuel-saving machine that has been 
brought to absolute perfection by fifteen years of 
experience. 

This experience covered a wide range from tlie 
terrific overloads and severe service incidental to roll- 
ing mill and street railway practice to the compara- 
tivel}' steady loads and careful attention incidental to 
office building and hotel power plants. 

The result has been the eliminating of every fault 
and the construction of a perfected machine that is 
almost humanlike in its action. 'Weakness of parts; 
burning action of tire; complexity of construction, and 
a large number of parts to get out of order and wear 
out do not exist in tlie Wilkinson Stoker, and it has 
been successfully demonstrated that its use will effect 
a saving of from live to fifteen per cent, in fuel. In 
plants of 1000 horse-i)ower or more there is an addi- 
tional saving in labor, even without automatic coal 
handling apparatus. Where such device to handle coal 
has been installed the saving is much greater. 



Geo. J. Koesch, Pres;dcnt Harry G. Ulman, Secretary 

Chas. Harlan. Treasurer 

Consolidated 
Dressed Beef Company 

PHILADELPHIA 

Telephones 
Bell, Preston 4641 Keystone, West 225 

Philadelphia Dressed Beef 
Packers and Exporters 

Manufacturers of Beef Casings, Dried 
Blood, Fertilizers, Oleo Oils, Stearines, Prime 
Tallow and Selected Hides. 

Orders for Carload Lots Solicited 

Highest Prices paid for Suet, Shop Fat, Long Fat, 
Hides, etc. 

Stock Yards, 30th and Race Sts. 



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Pig Irons : 

SLOSS, SHEFFIELD, FLORENCE and LADY ENSLEY 
from Birmingham, Ala., and LEBANON, from Lebanon, Pa. 

Shippers of 

FARMINGTON GAS COAL, celebrated for its LOW 
SULPHUR and HIGH VOLATILE contents. BEST 
GRADES STEAM COALS, Rail or Tidewater Deliveries. 
STANDARD CONNELLSVILLE and other FURNACE and 
FOUNDRY COKES 

Cast Iron GAS and WATER PIPE, FLANGE PIPE, 
SPECIALS, etc. All Descriptions of DRY SAND and 

LOAM CASTINGS 

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B. FRANK RO\'ER, President \\M. A. MYERS. Vice-Pres. and Gen'l Mgr. WM. H. MYERS. Secy and Treas. |» 

SMYSER-ROYER COMPANY 

Successors 10 E. G. SM\SER'S SONS CO. 
Manufacturers of 

Architectural and Ornamental Wrought and Cast Iron Work 

General Foundry Work 
Iron Stairs 
Elevator Enclosures 
Fire Escapes 
Railings, Fencing 
Grills, Etc. 

OfEce and Bank Work 

Plain and Artistic Metal 

Work of All Kinds 

Drawings and Estimates 
Furnished 



Main Office and Works 
\ ORK, PA. 

PHILADELPH1.4 OFFICE 
1506 Sanson! Street 

BALTIMORE OFFICE 
214 Clav Street 




Broiize Seals lor Meniori.il Ljmp Posts, Cily Hdll Plaza 



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CHAS. H. SCHNITZLER 

Patentee and Sole Manufacturer of the 

Pneumatic Conveyor 

For the RAPID HANDLING of Wool and Cotton 

Stock, Rags, Excelsior, Jute and all kinds of 

Fibrous Material, Wet or Dry. 

Spool Elevators, Steam Heating, Ventilating, 

and Mill Work Generally. Blower and 

Fan Work a Specialty. 

Satisfaction Guaranteed 

215 North Second Street 
Philadelphia 



MACARONI 



and other 



PASTE MACHINERY 



Send for Catalog 



P. M. WALTON 

1019-29 Germantown Ave. 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Our Water Supplies were comparatively pure. Pollution from thousands of sources now 
threatens us. 



Few people knew that water was Germ Laden and the cause of Typhoid Fever. 




225 Years Ago 



25 Years Ago 



Only a Few Years Ago 



Engineers, Architects and the Public began to realize the possibilities of Mechanical 
Filtration. The Loomis Filter was the Pioneer in this campaign of education. 

Sparkling water for the table, the bath, the laundry, for residence, hospital, hotel, office 
buildings, etc. 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE 



Loomis- Manning Filter Company 

Main Office, 828 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boston Buffalo New York Chicago Baltimore Washington 



0viovh Copper 
Companp 

CAMDEN WORKS 

Tenth and Elm Streets 

General Offices 

43 Exchange Place 

New York 

Ambrose Monell. President 

A. W. Johnston, Vice-President 

Jas. L. Ashley. Treasurer 

Frank Ludlam. Gen 1 Purchasing Aeent 

Jas. W. Beard. Auditor 

R. R. Maffett. Gen'l Superintendent 

Albion J. Wadhams. Superintendent 

In 1863, under the name of American Nickel Works, this Works started as the pioneer in refining 
Nickel from ores. The ores used were those of the Gap Mines, Gap, Pa. Soon after, the nickel refined from 
these ores was used by the Government for minting United States Coin. Somewhat later, under the management 
of Dr. Joseph Wharlon, owner, the first malleable nickel produced in this country was made here. 

Until 1893 there were no other Nickel Refining Works in the United Slates. In 1906 the name was 
changed to The Orford Copper Company. 

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F. T. MAGUIRE 



General puilbing 
Construction 



1710 Sansom Street 

Philadelphia, Pa. 



Everybody Saves 

Philadelphia Yellow 

Trading Stamps 



Fermanent Exhibition 
716 Market Street 



Philadelphia 
Yellow Trading Stamp Co. 



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KASHMIR RUGS 

Are distinctly a New Jersey creation, being first manufactured in the 
City of Gloucester, in a mill built exclusively for that purpose. The 
great popularity and successof the "Kashmir" Rug has been due to the 
great care taken in every detail, from the raw material to the finished 
product. The beautifully blended colois combined with the wonder- 
ful durability have earned for them the reputation which they deserve. 



WILTON RUGS 



A French Wilton of thi 
close, firm, velvety pile, 



finest worsted. Three shot weave. Heavy, 
For wearing quality, beauty of design, and 
rich harmony of colors these Wiltons are way ahead of other Wiltons. 
Their patterns are absolutely exclusive, and totally unlike any effects 
ever before shown in this fabric. They represent the highest attain- 
ment of art in rug designing and rug coloring. 




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H. M. Harley 

President 

John Harris 

Secretary 

John S. Thompson 
Treasurer 

DIRECTORS 

Wm. J. Thompson 
H. M. Harley 
Frederick Fries 



Fries-Harley Company, pi?LADEL?HiA 



GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY 

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BRIGGS' 

RIDING 
ACADEMY 

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BOARDING 
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Chestnut and Twenty-third Streets 

ALSO ATLANTIC CITY 
415 Atlantic Ave. 

Largest ring, and best equipped riding school 
in the city. Instruction under ver>' competent and 
gentlemanly masters. A number of well schooled 
saddle and harness horses always on hand in our 
sales department. 



ROBERT J. BRIGGS 



WALTER BRIGGS 



DEEMER & JAISOHN 

STATIONERS 
AND PRINTERS 

14 SOUTH BROAD STREET 

West Penn Square 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Office Supplies, Blank Books 

Engraving Work of Every 
Description 

High Class Printing 

BOTH PHONES 






JOHN W. CROFT 



GEORGE H. CROFT 



SAMUEL G. CROFT 



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Fine 

Worsted 
Yarns 






In the Gray and in all Colors 



Office and Mills : Broadway and Jefferson Avenue 

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John H. Dialogue £? Son 




Prominent among the .shipbuilding concerns 
of the United States is that of John H. Dialogue 
and Son, located at Camden. X. J- 

John H. Dialogue, the founder of the works. 
was born in Philadelphia, Alav 13, 1828, and started 
a small shop at Second Street and Bridge Avenue. 
Camden, where he did repair work for the Camden 
and Aniboy Railroad and the Camden and Philadel- 
phia and West Jersey Ferry Companies. The busi- 
ness grew rapidly and when in 1856 Mr. Dialogue 
commenced the construction of Corliss engines 
under a special license from the inventor he found 
larger works necessary, and two years later erected 
the present large establishment at Kaighn's Point. 

In 1870 the name of the concern was changed 
to the River Iron Works, with Dialogue and Wood 
as proprietors, and the iron shipbuilding business 
was engaged in with constantly increasing success. 

During the ensuing twenty-five years every 
conceivable form of river, coast and ocean-going 
steamer was built, and several contracts were ex- 
ecuted for the government. 

The vessels built b}- the firm are to be found 
in every part of the United States and many for- 
eign countries. 

The shi])yards at Kaighn's Point cover an 
area of thirty-four acres, with a frontage on the 
Delaware River of two thousand feet, and a water 
depth of twenty-eight feet, making an admirable 
location for the business. 

The plant, which is equipped with every mod- 
ern appliance, gives employment, in seasons, of 
from two hundred to eight hundred men. 

John H. Dialogue, founder of the firm, after 
an eventful life, in which he took active part in the 
civic and political history of his adopted city, died 
Sunday, October 3, 1898, and the business de- 
scended to his son, who had been made a partner 
in the firm upon the retirement of Mr. Wood, when 
the title of the firm was changed from the River 
Iron Works to John H. Dialogue & Son. Mr. Dia- 
logue, Jr., present owner of the works, received a 
practical education with his father, and since his 
proprietorship has materially advanced the opera- 
tions of this large industrv. 



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where william penn 

first landed, oct. 28-29, 1682 " 



This marks the spot where 
WiUiam Penn landed October 
28-29, 1682, at Chester, Pa. 
Monument on our premises and 
is the origin of our name, Penn 
Steel Casting fa^ Machine Com- 
pany, Chester, Pa., U. S. A., 
manufacturers of the finest quality 
of Acid Open Hearth Steel of any 
weight or kind, from 1 to 100,000 
pounds. Also special alloy cast- 
ings of Nickel, Vanadium, Man- 
ganese and High Carbon Steel. 
Having well equipped pattern and 
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estimates on castings finished 
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Chester, Pennsylvania 



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James Bellak 




Founder of the firm of James Bellak's Sons, "The Oldest 
Piano House in Philadelphia," now conducted by his sons, 
Leopold W. Bcllak and Charles E. Bellak. 

The firm during its existence has supplied over 50,000 
families with musical instruments in Philadelphia and vicinity. 

The business was founded in 1854 at 279 So. Fifth Street, 
and in the ensuing twenty-five years grew to such i)roportions 
that the building 1129 Chestnut Street was secured. The busi- 
ness continued to increase so that it was necessary to annex 
all the upper floors of 1131 Chestnut Street. 

The line includes Bellak Pianos. Bellak Player Pianos, 
Hardman Pianos. Hardman Autotones, Harrington Pianos. 
Harrington Autotones. Belmont, Colonnade, Marion Pianos, and 
numerous other makes of pianos; also Victor and Edison Talk- 
ing Machines. 

JAMES BELLAK'S SONS 
1129 and 1131 Chestnut Street 



JOSEPH G. LYNCH JACOB A. LYNCH CALVIN Z. LYNCH 

Members of Master Builderg' ExcHA^GE 



LYNCH BROTHERS 

Contractors 
and Builders 

(>I2 to ()I5 Li|)|)inc.ott Buiklin^ 

46 North Twelfth Street 

PHILADELPIIIA. PA. 



J. E. Soule 



BOTH PHONES 



ESTIMATES FURNISHED 



Prominent among those who have worked 
assiduously to bring the city's artistic talent into 
prominence is J. E. Soule, whose engrossed and 
illuminated penwork has brought praise from pat- 
rons in all walks of life. 

Mr. Soule has offices at 1237-38 Land Title 
Duilding. He engrosses testimonials, complimen- 
tary or memorial, in plain black or white, or beau- 
tifully illuminatetl in gold, silver and colors, for 
albums or framing. 

During his thirty years of work Mr. Soule has 
executed most of the engrossing for both branches 
of Councils, the various city departments, the 
Union League and other clubs, and the Masonic 
and other fraternities. lianks, railroads, promi- 
nent corporations and the legislatures of various 
States have attested the high quality of Mr. 
Soule's work, and in addition he has satisfactorily 
executed orders from England, France, Germany, 
Sweden, Russia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico and \'en- 
ezuela. 



J. Howard Brown & Co. 



INSURANCE 




328 WALNUT STREET 
PHILADELPHIA 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



J. Howard Gendell 




J. Howard Gemlell, City Solicitor, was born in Philadelphia. 
September 25, 1S44. He received his early education in private 
schools and after three years of preparatory studies entered the 
Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1862, when eigh- 
teen years of age, his preceptor being William D. Baker, Esq. He 
graduated in 1865 with the degree of LL.B., and upon being ad- 
mitted to the Bar, associated with E. Spencer Miller, Esq., and this 
connection continued until 1878, when he became assistant to the 
City Solicitor. 

Mr. Gendell has been counsel in many notable cases, prominent 
among which was Dr. Buchanan, of bogus medical college fame, 
whom he prosecuted and whose conviction broke up a nefarious 
practice. 

During his services as City Solicitor Mr. Gendell has ably 
handled the business of that department, and added materially to 
his reputation for ability and thoroughness. 



Dr. Henry D. Heller 




Dr. Heller was President of the United 
States Medical Examining Board for Pen- 
sions in his district for four years, served in 
the Pennsylvania State Senate for four years, 
was appointed State Quarantine Physician hy 
Governor Stone and retained by Governors 
Pennypacker and Stuart, and has always been 
active in Repulilican politics, both in State and 
County. Under the administration of Doctor 
Heller the Quarantine Station of Philadelphia 
is now regarded as one of the most complete 
and efficient in the United States. 



Dr. T. Turner Thomas 




Dr. T. Turner Thomas was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., in 
1866, and received his early education in the public schools of 
Scranton. Pa., after which he attended the Phillips Exeter Acad- 
emy, Exeter, N. H., and graduated with honors in 1892. Entering 
the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania he gradu- 
ated in 1 89 5, being awarded a free scholarship upon competitive 
examination. He served two and a half years as an interne in the 
Charity Hospital, Norristown, Pa., and the University Hospital, 
and has since been attached to the Anatomical and Surgical Depart- 
ments of the latter institution. 

Dr. Thomas is now instructor in surgery to the University 
Medical Department and Assistant Surgeon to the University Hos- 
pital and the Philadelphia General Hospital. He has made several 
valuable original contributions to surgical literature. 



Charles E. de M. Sajous 




Charles E. de i\I. Sajous, M.D., an American phy- 
sician of French parentage, born December 13, 1852, 
fittinfil_v illustrates, by the circulation of his writings, 
the leading position of Philadelphia as an educational 
centre. This has reached the enormous total of 734,000 
volumes, though dealing only with medical subjects cal- 
culated to aid physicians in successfully treating disease. 

As dean, professor or lecturer, Dr. Sajous has held 
positions in several institutions, including the Medico- 
Chirurgical and Jefferson Medical Colleges; he has 
also been connected with the Howard and Jefferson 
College Hospitals. He is a Knight of the Legion of 
Honor, an Officer of the Academy of France, a Knight 
of the Order of Leopold of Belgium, and an honorary 
member of many American and foreign scientific socie- 
ties. 



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OFFICIAL IIISTOKKAI, SOIJVEXIK 



Singer Se^ving Machines 

Were sold at the Singer store in Chestnut street 

In Philadelphia 



in 1851, and their sale has continued 



During Half a Century 

For the greater convenience of Philadelphians, there are now 
THIRTY SINGER STORES in their city. 




The Singer Exhibit Building at the Centennial Exposition 

PROGRESSIVE MERIT 

Singer Sewing Machines received Highest Award at the famous Centennial 
Exposition of 1876. Although the Singer Machines of today are vastly 
superior, THEY NOW COST BUT ONE-HALF AS MUCH. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 



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What absolute From the commencement of the business Mrs 

honesty in the manu- Harting has aimed at ]jurity and excellence and has 
actureof goods will do from year to year endeavored to improve the quality 
s aptly illustrated in of the goods she manufactures. 

the success of Mrs. G. When Mrs Harting started her business there 

L. Harting, who from were no j)ure food laws and it was the common 
an output of 125 dozen practice to use preservatives and coloring matter, 
tumblers of jellies in None were ever used in goods of her manufacture, 
[895, reached the and when laws were finally enacted to regulate the 
enormous quantity of making of such products, they did not affect her and 
72,000 dozen jellies and she invited inspection by any chemist in the country 
preserves in Tgoy. and offered a reward for the detection of any 

^ The business was established thirteen years ago deleterious matter. It has always been her boast 

^ by Mrs. Harting in the kitchen in the residence that nothing but jjure fresh fruit (not even canned 
pf: portion of the store she then occupied at No. 4635 goods being used) and granulated sugar composed 
* Germantown Avenue. She was satisfied that a jelly the jellies and preserves turned out by her, and this 
^ made from nothing but pure fruit and granulated is proven by the fact that the laws necessitated no 

sugar, the same change in her 

as she had put labels or 

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bought ground of goods made 

at No. 4145 Germantown Avenue and built a with glucose. At the start the goods were only sold 

factory of large dimensions. This was outgrown in locally but as their reputation spread a demand came 

two years and the building had to be enlarged. In from other territories and now the outside sales are 

1904 the outiHit had grown large and steadily growing. 

so large that another addition The largest grocery houses 

was required, and in two find ready sale for Mrs. Harting's 

more years additional room specialties. 

was found necessary and the In addition to supervising 

adjoining ground was built the manufacture of her goods, 
upon, making a larger factory Mrs. Harting attends to the sales 
building occupying Nos. and purchasing of supplies, in both 
4143-45 and 47 Germantown of which she displays rare business 
Avenue. qualities. 




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Birector of i^lu^ic 

PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



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RITTER'S Fruit Butters 
RITTER'S Jellies 
RITTER'S Preserves 

RITTER'S Catsup 

RITTER'S Baked Beans 

RITTER'S Soups 

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MADE IN PHILADELPHIA 

AND 

SHIPPED^ N EAR AND FAR 

One of Philadelphia's Old Firms, whose Products 

have contributed their share to make 

Philadelphia famous 

Philip J. Ritter Conserve Co. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 



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225TH ANNIVERSARY FOUNDING OF PHILADELPHIA 

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Fels-Naptha is a household word among one hundred million English-speaking people. 
Fels-Naptha soap has revolutionized methods of washing clothes and has done probably as much 
as anv other single invention to lighten the labors of the housewife. It is sold and used in every 
State and territory in the United States, in every province of Canada, and in every County of 
England and the United Kingdom. Ninety-nine per cent, of all general grocers in the United 
States, north of Mason and Dixon's Line, carry Fels-Naptha on their shelves. 

All this vast quantity of soap is made by Fels & Co., in Philadelphia, in a model plant which 
is one of the most important and most interesting of the city's industries. 

The genesis of this enormous soap manufacturing business is to be found in a little estab- 
lishment founded by Thomas Worsley in Combes Alley in 1846. In 1876 Mr. Worsley was 
succeeded by Fels & Co., and the business was removed to 114 Arch Street. At that time only 
toilet soap was manufactured by the firm. A few years later a still larger factory at Third 
Street and Girard Avenue was occupied. 

The business of making toilet soaps continued to prosper and increase, but the introduction 
of Fels-Naptha Soap was followed by such an instant and rapidly-growing demand that the pro- 
duction of all other brands was abandoned and, since 1896, the firm has devoted its energies to 
the making and distribution of Fels-Naptha alone. 

The offices and works of Fels & Co. are now situated at Seventy-third Street and Woodland 
Avenue, in the southwestern portion of Philadelphia, adjoining the Delaware County line. 
Twelve acres of land are occupied, most of which are covered by buildings, and new additions to 
the factories are constantly in course of erection. The buildings are all well lighted, perfectly 
sanitary and comfortable, and are kept spotlessly clean. 

In the factories alone from 500 to 600 persons are continually employed. Another large • 
force is employed in advertising and distributing, and still another department, with many em- 
ployees, is engaged in collecting the best raw materials from many parts of the world. 

In their factories Fels & Co. have worked out a system of co-operation which has resulted in 
most cordial relations between the firm and its employees. The employees are looked upon and 
treated as self-respecting men and women ; not as machines. The principle involved is defined 
thus by a member of the firm : "Any act of the employer respecting employees should be consist- 
ent and appropriate to the relations between them. This requires good wages, short hours, sani- 
tary and agreeable surroundings and respectful treatment from firm and foremen. The 
employees should be paid good wages. They can then educate their families and live a rational 
life. No employers can care for the private affairs of others, but it is true Americanism to give 
opportunity to the people and, on the average, the\' will take care of themselves." 

Tliis policy has resulted in an unusual average of efficiency in the working force and in main- 
taining a remarkably high quality and uniformitv in the firm's product. There has never been a 
strike in the histor}- of the business. 

The output of Fels-Naptha has been increased everv year, even during panic years, but. even 
so, it has been almost impossible at times to supply the demand. The English market was in- 
vaded about five year ago, and Fels-Naptha made friends there rapidly. Now a branch depot for 
distribution is maintained in London and the shipments of Fels-Naptha to the United Kingdom 
alone e.xceed all other exportation of American soaps. 

The business is owned and conducted solelv by Joseph Fels and .Sanuiel S. Fels, under the 
firm name of I'els & Co.. and has never been incnrpfirated. 



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DAVIS BROTHERS 



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The firm df Dasis lirothers. inamifactuiL-rs uf Railroad. Sliij). riri<lgc and Wharf Sjjikcs. 
was org^anizcd in the year 1890. 

Ai that time the plant was located on Canal Street near ( ierniantnw n Avenne, where the 
Imsincss was continued until 1899, when the huildint^^s were destroyed hy fire. 

The locaticm heiuii inaccessible for the shipping^ of raw material and the finished ])roduct. 
the firm decided not to rebuild in that neighborhood. .\ site more suitable was secured in the 
northwestern section of the city near Nicetown, and a new and cnmmodious plant, better adapted 
to the growing' business, was erected at Twenty-ninth and llri>tiil Streets. 

The new buildings were especially designe<l fur the business, attention being paid to everx- 
detail that would facilitate the handling of the ])r(iduct. 

After erection the most improved machinery was installed, and the plant now ranks with 
the best in the country. ,A large nunilier of men are employed, the annual lUitpnt is ajijiroxi- 
matcly 10.000 tons. 

The jjroduct is of the very highest standard and is so recognized throughout the country. 
The greatest care is used in the assembling of material, buth before manufacture and after the 
product is finished. While either iron or steel s])ikes c;ui be manufactured, llie firm makes a 
s])ecialty of iron s])ikes. 

.\lthough the name of Davis Brothers has been used since the fnrmation of the firm and tlie 
|)urchase of the business in 1890. Charles Gibbons Davis is sole owner and manager. .Mr. 
Davis gives the business his personal supervision, and under his management the i)lint has grown 
to be one of the important industries of this city. 



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